Citation

Tandon PN, Gupta DS, Jurel SK, Srivastava S, Sharma S. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 2015; 14(Suppl 1): 100-102.

Affiliation

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Delhi Road, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12663-012-0343-0

PMID

25838680

PMCID

PMC4379238

Abstract

Foreign bodies are often encountered by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and may present a diagnostic challenge, due to many factors such as nature of foreign body material, the size of the object, difficult access and a close anatomical relationship of the foreign body to vital structures. There are foreign bodies like glass pieces, plastic materials, wooden pieces are not seen in routine radiographs and often misdiagnosed. To reduce the chances of complications presence of foreign body in the patients head and neck region must be thoroughly investigated by the surgeon. Penetrating injuries by blunt object is rare finding in maxillofacial region. Here we present an unusual case of penetrating injury by a large machine bolt (15.0 cm) in a 7 year old child, embedded on left side of face.

Language: en