An unexpected ferromagnetic foreign body detected during emergency magnetic resonance imaging: A case report

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Metterlein, Thomas ^a   Haubner, Frank ^a   Knoppke, Birgit ^a   Graf, Bernhard ^a   Zausig, York ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metallic foreign body

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMAN; MAGNET; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETS; MALE;

EID: 84964312738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-808     Document Type: Article

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