Presentation
Deep lacerations to the wrist following car accident, suspected glass remaining.
Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Glass foreign body
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Cube shaped foreign body over the ventral aspect of the ulna styloid favors the appearance of a glass fragment.
Case Discussion
Glass is one of the more common foreign bodies seen in emergency departments 1; contrary to popular belief, glass greater than 2 mm in diameter will always show up on plain film radiography regardless of the composition 2. A lead-based glass was once believed to be the only radioopaque glass; that is now known to be incorrect 3.
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