Radiol Bras. 2016 Set/Out;49(5):340–346 345 The breast tumor was classified as clinical stage IV, with metastasis to the lungs (lymphangitis carcinomatosa identified on CT) and bones, and surgery for the breast lesion was therefore not indicated. Chemotherapy followed by endocrine therapy was the treatment strategy elected. After a year, the cancer was restaged. A CT scan of the upper abdomen s...

A 48 year old female presented to causality with high grade fever with rigors and chills, right upper abdominal pain and jaundice of one day duration. She had a past history of similar episode one month back for which she had undergone endoscopic biliary drainage. Hemogram revealed leucocytosis with polymorphonuclear cell predominance. Liver function tests; total bilirubin 8.4mg/dl, direct bili...

interest that goes to the emergency department coming from the dentist ́s consultation. During the endodontic treatment she has ingested accidentally one of the metallic instruments (dental screwdriver) with which the intervention was being made. She refers sharp body sensation at epigastrium. Abdominal radiograph is made in which is appraised in the gastric camera a metallic object of great siz...

The Foreign bodies in respiratory tract have been major cause of morbidity and present as challenge to otolaryngologists. Despite improvement in medical care and public awareness, they are major concern for otolaryngologists. The spectrum of presentation varies widely from sudden death due to respiratory obstruction to accidental finding during routine investigations. A case of unusual presenta...

To cite: Kanumuri PK, Gantha SN, Animireddy D, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216326 DESCRIPTION Foreign bodies inside teeth are diagnosed accidentally on clinical or radiographic examination of teeth. These may be associated with infection, pain, swelling, and recurrent abscesses as a sequel to the pulpal exposure and lodgement of the ...

To cite: Yeo DCM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200144 DESCRIPTION Foreign bodies in the eye can often lodge itself in the adnexae of the eye and not just in the cornea. A thorough history and examination can often aid in detecting these usually non-obvious materials. A 56-year-old woman presented with an acute red eye of a day’s duration. Sh...

In spite of its inaccessibility, every conceivable object has been inserted into the urinary bladder. Such patients may have a psychiatric disorder with a sexual perversion or inquisitiveness (as in children) as the underlying cause. We report a case of an aluminum rod inserted into the urinary bladder by an adult male, which was removed successfully by surgery.

We report a very unusual case of foreign body (FB) in the tracheo-bronchial tract of a male child, who presented to us in the Emergency Department at our tertiary care centre with the complaint of FB in throat, cough bouts and choking sensation with pain and difficulty in breathing for whom an emergency rigid endoscopy was carried out after appropriate investigations.

A patient who recently came under my care had been struck in the right eye by a foreign body whilst hammering a piece of steel with hammer and cold chisel. A diagnosis of intra-ocular foreign body was made, there being a small entrance wound in the centre of the cornea and an opaque lens. This diagnosis was confirmed by x ray. The foreign body, measuring about 3j x 1 x 1 mm. was located in the ...

Retained foreign bodies can be a source of infection and a cause of disability. A 63-year-old white man presented with a nonhealing wound of the right second finger of 1 month's duration. The injury occurred while cleaning fish. Radiographs and subsequent wound exploration showed a retained fish scale in a finger wound. In addition to foreign bodies, atypical infectious organisms must be consid...