TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Penetrating injury of face by a large machine bolt-a rare case report JO - Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery A1 - Tandon, P. N. A1 - Gupta, D. S. A1 - Jurel, Sunit K. A1 - Srivastava, Shilpi A1 - Sharma, Shalender SP - 100 EP - 102 VL - 14 IS - Suppl 1 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 0972-8279 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12663-012-0343-0 ID - ref1 ER -