Imaging of Foreign Bodies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pinto, Antonio (Editor), Romano, Luigia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Emergency Medicine.; Interventional Radiology.

Most ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without a problem. However, both ingested and inserted foreign bodies may cause serious complications, such as bowel obstruction or perforation. Foreign body aspiration is common in children, especially those under 3 years of age,...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Plain film and MDCT assessment of neck foreign bodies
• 2 Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree
• 3 Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract
• 4 Intra-abdominal foreign bodies: gossypiboma and abdominal wall meshes
• 5 Abdominal compartment syndrome due to hepatic packing
• 6 Foreign bodies as complications of biliary stents and gastrointestinal stents
• 7 Endovascular foreign bodies.- 8 Foreign bodies as complications of endovascular devices
• 9 Retained intracranial and intraspinal foreign bodies
• 10 Role of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing foreign bodies
• 11 Soft tissue foreign bodies
• 12 Foreign bodies and penetrating injuries.