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Foreign body in foot

Case contributed by Maulik S Patel
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Penetrating injury to sole of foot 2 months previously. Patient complained of pain at the site. On examination, the skin was indurated and erythematous.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Metal density foreign bodies noted in soft tissues of the heel, inferior to the calcaneus. No signs of osteomyelitis.

ultrasound

Echogenic foreign body is noted deep to skin. Local inflammatory changes resulting in ill-defined hypoechogenicity and hypervascularity of the soft tissues.

Case Discussion

These metallic foreign bodies are seen well on both X-ray and ultrasound examination.

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