Imaging of Foreign Bodies (Hardcover)

Foreign body ingestion: a common problem in the Emergency Department.- Role of plain abdominal film in the diagnosis of foreign body ingestion.- Ingestion of foreign body: usefulness of Multidetector row Computed Tomography in the diagnosis of unusual cases and of complications.- Drug smuggling by body packing: what the emergency radiologists needs to know.- Foreign body ingestion: role of the gastroenterologist.- Ingestion of foreign body: when the surgical treatment is mandatory ?.- Value of chest plain film in the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration.- Utility of Multidetector row Computed Tomography and virtual bronchoscopy in children and in adults with suspected foreign body aspiration.- Management of foreign body located in the airway.- Rectal foreign body: role of imaging.- Management of rectal foreign bodies.- Intravesical foreign bodies.- Foreign bodies and devices in the female pelvis.- Retained intra-abdominal surgical sponges: role of imaging.- Missed endovascular devices and catheters: role of Interventional Radiology.- Ultrasound-guided soft-tissue foreign body extraction.- Gunshot injuries: ballistics elements and legal issues.- Gunshot injuries: are conventional radiographs still the standard in localization of projectiles ?.- Role of Multidetector row Computed Tomography in the detection of maxillofacial foreign bodies.-Foreign bodies ingestion, insertion and colorectal foreign bodies: legal issues.