Penetrating neck injuries involving wooden foreign bodies: The role of MRI and the misinterpretation of CT images

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 145-147

  Imokawa, Hideki ^a,b   Tazawa, Takasi ^c   Sugiura, Natuki ^a   Oyake, Daisuke ^a   Yosino, Kiyomi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Imokawa Ear Nose Throat Clinic   (Japan)

^c Tazawa Ear Nose Troat Climic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accidental penetrating neck injury; CT scan; MRI; Wooden foreign bodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALLING; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; WOOD; WOUND CARE;

EID: 12244270372     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0385-8146(02)00130-x     Document Type: Article

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