Radiographic evaluation of aspirated metallic foil foreign bodies

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Orgill, Richard D ^a   Pasic, Thomas R ^a,c   Peppler, Walter W ^b   Hoffman, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Bronchoscopy; Bronchus; Candy wrapper; Differential diagnosis; Foreign body; Horacic radiography; Nonradiopaque material; Trachea; Tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

METAL; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUAL ENERGY RADIOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

EID: 20544439922     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400601     Document Type: Article

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