An unusual injury and partially-embedded foreign body mimicking a cleft palate in an infant

Case report: foreign body in the palate of an infant

“…In previous cases, where the foreign body has been undiagnosed, imaging studies such as Computerised Tomography have been carried out on the infant. 3,7,8,9 This has led to unneces sary exposure to radiation and the CT scans themselves have contributed little to the diagnosis.…”