INTRAORBITAL WOODEN FOREIGN-BODY - CT AND MR APPEARANCE

Authors
HO VT MCGUCKIN JF SMERGEL EM
Citation
Vt. Ho et al., INTRAORBITAL WOODEN FOREIGN-BODY - CT AND MR APPEARANCE, American journal of neuroradiology, 17(1), 1996, pp. 134-136
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
134 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1996)17:1<134:IWF-CA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A case of an intraorbital wooden foreign body mimicking air on standar d CT window setting and on MR is presented, Its higher attenuation wit h higher CT window setting as well as its elongated and well-delineate d shape on both CT and MR helped to distinguish it from air.