Spondylodiscitis complicated by the ingestion of a button battery: A case report

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-558

  Sudhakar, Praharaju Janaki ^a,b   Al Dossary, Jameela ^a   Malik, Neelam ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^b NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Battery, infective discitis; Foreign body; Magnetic resonance (MR); Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISKITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

DISCITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS;

EID: 57049160959     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.6.555     Document Type: Article

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