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ArticleEmergency radiology2019

Digital tomosynthesis for detection of ingested foreign objects in the emergency department: a case of razor blade ingestion.

Maham Jehangir, Christopher Mallory, Jonathan R Medverd

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Article in Emergency radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maham JehangirDepartment of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. mahamj@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-4581
Christopher MallorySchool of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Jonathan R MedverdDepartment of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 46-year-old schizophrenic male presented to the emergency department (ED) after deliberate ingestion of an undetermined number of open razor blades. Abdominal radiograph revealed one razor blade but raised suspicion of a second blade which was subsequently confirmed by digital tomosynthesis (DTS), seen as two razor blades superimposed upon each other placed at slightly different angles. A careful search was made during endoscopy and the two razor blades were retrieved from the stomach and duodenum, respectively. This case illustrates the use of digital tomosynthesis as a smart, timely, cost-effective, and low-dose alternative to conventional computed tomography (CT) that can be conveniently employed in the ED for foreign body localization.

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MetalsDuodenumEmergency Service, HospitalForeign BodiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRadiography, AbdominalSchizophreniaSelf-Injurious BehaviorStomachMetalsAbdominal X-rayDigital tomosynthesisForeign body ingestionRazor blade

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PMID30613929

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