Cervical Forainal Foreign Object:Case Report

Abstract

We report a rare case in which a metallic foreign object migrated to cervical intervertebral foramina. Only two cases have been reported.Plain films films and Computed Tomography of the cervical spine showed a foraminal metallic object Key words: Cervical intervertebral foramina, foreign body, metallic object

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Cervical Forainal Foreign Object:Case Report

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Anahtar Kelimeler

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8. Figure 2. A cervical spine computed tomography

9. showed a foreign body lying across the C3-4 interver- tebral foramen