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Abstract

Choroid Plexus Versus Intracranial Foreign Body: Importance of a Radiologist�??s Report

Charles Drani

ntracranial foreign bodies are ŽÅ?Ä?n due to Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nÅ� missile injuries arising from gunshot, criminal assaults and industrial accidents and rarely from non-missile skull Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?ŽnÆ�Í? Iatrogenic sources other than in neurosurgical Æ?Å?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ä?ƵÆ?c Å�nÆ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä?nÆ?ŽnÆ� seldom occur. WÄ?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nÅ� foreign bodies require prompt surgical Ä?Æ©Ä?nÆ?ŽnÍ? Formal exposure of the brain must be assisted or guided by prior imaging to foreclose intra and Æ?ŽÆ�Æ?ŽÆ?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä? concerns including Ä?Ä?Ä?Å�Æ?ŽnÄ?ů brain trauma, fatal intracranial hemorrhage or Å�nĨÄ?cÆ?Žn of the central nervous system. Computed Tomography (CT) scan is an invaluable imaging tool in cases of acute brain trauma and suspected intracranial foreign body compared to plain radiography or mÄ?Å�nÄ?Æ?c resonance imaging. It is important that the Å�nÆ?Ä?Æ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Žn of the CT scan images be carried out by a Radiologist to avoid misconstruing of incongruous Ä?Ä?nÆ�Å�Æ?Ä?Æ� and Ä?Æ?Æ?ĨÄ?cÆ?Æ� which ŽÅ?Ä?n supervene in such instances.

Published Date: 2021-12-01;