Glass foreign bodies - hand
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The patient presented with a history of glass particle injury to hand about 18 months back. Ultrasound shows multiple linear echogenic structures in the soft tissue of palm at the site of pain consistent with foreign bodies. Radiographs of hand show similar findings.
Glass foreign bodies were removed at surgery.
-<p>The patient presented with a history of glass particle injury to hand about 18 months back. Ultrasound shows multiple linear echogenic structures in the soft tissue of palm at the site of pain consistent with foreign bodies. Radiographs of hand show similar findings.</p><p>Glass foreign bodies were removed at surgery.</p>- +<p>Glass foreign bodies were removed at surgery.</p>
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There are multipleMultiple linear echogenic foci in the soft tissue of palm at the site of pain pointed by the patient; all consistent with foreign bodies. There is
The first images demonstrate an echogenic linear structure in the subcutaneous plane at the site of pain that shows reverberation artifact by larger foci. One elongated focus Length is in subcutaneous plane. Another oneabout 8 mm; width is reachingup to 3 mm.
The second images demonstrate another echogenic linear structure radial to the above mentioned foreign body. It reaches deep to intact flexure tendon of 5th digit. A smaller
The third image demonstrates another echogenic linear focus is seen betweenbetween the two large fociabove mentioned foreign bodies.
A fourth echogenic linear structure was indicated also on ultrasound (not shown).
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There are fourFour radiopacities in the soft tissuetissues of palm on the ulnar side. There are with no signs of osteomyelitis in the adjacent bones.
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