Wine glass stem foreign body

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Stood on a wine glass, stem stuck in foot and shoe.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Fractured stem of a wine glass traverses the sole of the shoe and is impaled in the plantar soft tissues of the midfoot. No fracture or bony involvement evident.

Case Discussion

Impaled glass foreign body.

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