[Intracranial metal foreign bodies and contraindications of MRI. Apropos of a case].

Authors :: Viana-Fernandes CE
Iffenecker C
Doyon D
Source :: Journal de radiologie [J Radiol] 1998 Aug; Vol. 79 (8), pp. 764-6.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: We report a firearm wound of the brain which could not be analyzed by computed tomography because of induced artifacts. MRI study was remarkably after verifying the non-ferromagnetic nature of the projectiles.

Subjects :: Brain Injuries diagnostic imaging
Contraindications
Foreign Bodies diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetics
Male
Wounds, Gunshot diagnostic imaging
Artifacts
Brain diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries diagnosis
Foreign Bodies diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Metals
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wounds, Gunshot diagnosis

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