A retained wooden foreign body in the foot detected by ultrasonography. A case report.

Radiological diagnosis of a small bowel perforation secondary to toothpick ingestion

“…Sites of injury are predominantly to the gastrointestinal13 track; however, other areas of injury such as mediastinal structures,15 16 liver,2 ureter,17 bladder,18 vena cava7 and aorta8 have been reported. Wooden toothpicks pose an additional problem to early preoperative diagnosis due to their variable radiolucency with only 5.5–15% of wooden foreign bodies detectable on standard radiographs 19 20. Standard plain film abdominal X-ray in this case showed no evidence of the underlying problem which was only identified on subsequent CT imaging.…”

Toothpick injury simulating a pigmented villonodular synovialitis

“…Wooden splints, if incorporated for a longer period, may show only low differences to the surrounding tissue owing to fluid absorption [22][23][24]. Sonography may also be used in cases of incorporated wooden splints showing a characteristic sharp echo line and a sound shadow [23,[25][26][27][28][29][30]. In the present case, MRI misinterpreted the wooden toothpick as the tendon of the musculus hallucis brevis, and the surrounding granulation tissue was described as an inflammation of the affiliated tendon sheath.…”

Detection of a Ballpoint Pen in a Patient's Abdomen by Sonography

“…Dense foreign bodies (such as metal, glass, plastic, and some woods) on sonography tend to be hyperechoic with a dense acoustic shadow. 2,5,6 Older wood and objects closer to the density of the surrounding tissue are more hypoechoic and more difficult to detect, but secondary signs of tissue edema may be noted. 5,7 Metallic objects have also been noted to display a comet tail artifact due to the closely spaced reverberations of the front and rear surfaces of the object.…”