Question

1. state 2 conditions that should be adhered to when undertaking radiography for visualization of foreign bodies

2. Briefly describe the radiographic technique to visualize a foreign body that has penetrated the upper arm

3. What are the 2 applications in which radiography can be utilized with regard to imaging a foreign body?

Answer 1

1-Allpatients who are in doubt of foreign body insertion or ingestion should be1) thoroughly checked before the scan 2)if any medical device is being used by patient like pacemaker

2-The techniques used are CT used for metallic foreign body.Also Usg may pick up some times

MRI-used to pick up non metallic foreign bodies

3-Foreign body ingestions are more common in children and mentally challeneged people.ex-chikdren swallowing coins ,razors

Occurence of appendicitis secondary to impacted foreign body .

Foreign body insertions -seen in trauma cases also in druug abusers and sexually assaulted victims.