Foreign body - wire in finger

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Diagnosis certain

Citation, DOI, disclosures and case data

Citation:

Gaillard F, Foreign body - wire in finger. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 09 Jun 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-7481

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-7481

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/cases/7481?iframe=true

rID:

7481

Disclosures:

At the time the case was submitted for publication Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

Case published:

3 Nov 2009

Revisions:

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Tags:

hand, finger, foreign_body

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From the case: Foreign body - wire in finger

x-ray

Linear metallic density in the soft tissues of the second digit (index finger).

Another example of a painful work place accident. This occurred while working with a metal cable.