Table 3.
Characteristics of foreign bodies seen in computed tomography
Homogenic structure | Measurements AP, RL, CC (mm) | Contrast capsule enhancement | Presence of air bubbles (spongiform pattern) | Presence of radiopaque marker |
Suspicion of a foreign body |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | 30 × 100 × 30 | + | + | + | + |
+ | 110 × 90 × 70 | – | + | – | – |
– | 69 × 104 × 73 | + | + | + | + |
– | 122 × 94 × 163 | + | + | – | – |
– | 60 × 60 × 60 | – | + | + | + |
0 | 67 × 77 × 77 | – | + | + | + |
+ | 0 | + | – | + | + |
0 | 90 × 90 × 90 | – | + | – | – |
– | 40 × 90 × 50 | + | – | + | + |
– | 78 × 54 × 65 | – | + | + | + |