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Unusual Foreign Body in Forearm

Unusual Foreign Body in Forearm By GEORGE K. NUTTING, M.D., Washington, D. C. From the Surgical Department of Georgetown University Hospital A colored truck driver, aged 29 years, came to Georgetown Hospital complaining of a sore arm. Three days before admission to the hospital, a packing case fell from the truck and struck his arm. His history otherwise was negative, except that he said he had been in an automobile wreck five months before, at which time his arm went through the windshield and the bleeding was so severe that it was necessary for the doctor to operate to stop the hemorrhage. Examination of the forearm showed an elongated semicylindrical swelling over the middle third of the radial side of the extensor surface. The swelling was very tender to the touch and a long hard object could be palpated deep under the skin. X-ray films revealed a knife blade situated as shown in Figure l. (See page 373.) Under local anesthesia, a Russell stainlesssteel knife blade was found embedded in firm, dense, fibrous tissue. When removed, the blade measured three inches in length. This case is unusual and interesting in that the patient pursued a laborious occupation with such a large foreign body in his forearm. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiology Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

Unusual Foreign Body in Forearm

Nutting, George K.
Radiology , Volume 22 (3): 374 – Mar 1, 1934
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Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
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Copyright © 1934 by Radiological Society of North America
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1527-1315
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10.1148/22.3.374
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By GEORGE K. NUTTING, M.D., Washington, D. C. From the Surgical Department of Georgetown University Hospital A colored truck driver, aged 29 years, came to Georgetown Hospital complaining of a sore arm. Three days before admission to the hospital, a packing case fell from the truck and struck his arm. His history otherwise was negative, except that he said he had been in an automobile wreck five months before, at which time his arm went through the windshield and the bleeding was so severe that it was necessary for the doctor to operate to stop the hemorrhage. Examination of the forearm showed an elongated semicylindrical swelling over the middle third of the radial side of the extensor surface. The swelling was very tender to the touch and a long hard object could be palpated deep under the skin. X-ray films revealed a knife blade situated as shown in Figure l. (See page 373.) Under local anesthesia, a Russell stainlesssteel knife blade was found embedded in firm, dense, fibrous tissue. When removed, the blade measured three inches in length. This case is unusual and interesting in that the patient pursued a laborious occupation with such a large foreign body in his forearm.

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Published: Mar 1, 1934

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