1. Sonographic detection and three-dimensional localization of a metallic foreign body in soft-tissues in a dog
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Salvador Nasca, Alain Durville, and Bruno D. Fornage
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Metallic foreign body ,Peripharyngeal ,General Veterinary ,business.industry ,Radiography ,Ultrasound ,Pharynx ,Soft tissue ,Sewing needle ,Foreign Bodies ,Dogs ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,Animals ,Dog Diseases ,Radiology ,business ,Ultrasonography - Abstract
Ultrasound has been developed recently to assess soft-tissue structure in humans. We currently use real-time ultrasound in the diagnosis and preoperative localization of foreign bodies in soft-tissues of the extremities. We report a case of sonographic visualization of an ingested sewing needle which had migrated in the peripharyngeal soft-tissues in a dog. Conventional anteroposterior and lateral radiographs had suggested a free extremity in the pharynx cavity but endoscopic examination under fluoroscopic guidance was negative. Sonography easily identified the needle and provided an accurate three-dimensional localization.
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- 1987
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