High resolution ultrasonography in an unsuspected soft tissue foreign body

ABSTRACT

The evaluation of foreign body begins with routine radiographs. Recently, ultrasonography has gained a wide acceptance in emergency radiology for detection of soft tissue foreign body especially in cases where routine radiograph is negative. Here in, we report a case referred to us for a non-healing wound in his right leg in which ultrasonography detected a non radio-opaque wooden foreign body in the soft tissues