Prolonged retention of an intra medullary wooden foreign body

ABSTRACT

Cases of accidental penetrating injury by foreign bodies are not rare, especially in children. In this report, a case of an intra osseous wooden foreign body retained over an 8-month period causing various complications and suspected of metacarpal tumor is presented. Various previous treatment protocols including curettage, debridement and antibiotic therapy proved unsuccessful. This case was successfully diagnosed by fistulogram using radio-opaque agents and treated accordingly