Foreign body into a lumbar vertebral body: how did it get in there?

Neurol Sci. 2016 Aug;37(8):1363-5. doi: 10.1007/s10072-016-2535-8. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Authors

Francesca Secci¹, Paolo Merciadri¹, Pietro Fiaschi², Sergio Gennaro¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, San Martino-IST University Hospital (IRCCS), Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
² Department of Neurosurgery, San Martino-IST University Hospital (IRCCS), Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy. pietro.fiaschi@alice.it.

PMID: 26936467
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-016-2535-8

No abstract available

Keywords: Foreign Body; Metal Splinter; Migration; Spine; Vertebral Body.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed*