A CASE REPORT: CLINICAL INSIGHT ON RETAINED WOODEN FOREIGN BODY IN THE FOOT

Abstract

The foot is the second commonest location for foreign bodies. The foremost common foreign bodies are needles, metal, glass, wood, and plastic. Though bimetal foreign bodies area unit promptly seen on plain film radiographs, radiolucent bodies like wood area unit pictured poorly, if at all.Though plain radiography is thought to be ineffective for demonstrating radiolucent foreign bodies, it's usually the primary imaging modality used. Herein, we present the case of a 42 years old man who had presented to the clinic with history of pain and swelling in his right foot. On examination, his vitals, heart sounds and breathing during auscultation were found to be normal. This particular individual had no other significant chronic illness. A brief history obtained from the patient revealed that penetrated wooden foreign bodies in his hind sole region. In view of his present complaints, he was successfully managed with antibiotics and pain relieving medications. Our patient comes under the small percentage of cases that had a missed diagnosis as the expulsion of the wooden particles occurred 3 months after the initial visit to the clinic. This case is being presented to enlighten understanding on clinical picture of retained wooden foreign bodies in foot.