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

Charles Drani

ntracranial foreign bodies are ŽÅ?Ä?n due to Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nŐ missile injuries arising from gunshot, criminal assaults and industrial accidents and rarely from non-missile skull Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?ŽnƐÍ? Iatrogenic sources other than in neurosurgical Æ?Å?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ä?ƵÆ?c ŝnÆ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä?nÆ?ŽnƐ seldom occur. WÄ?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nŐ 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?ŽƐÆ?ŽÆ?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä? concerns including Ä?Ä?Ä?ŝÆ?ŽnÄ?ů brain trauma, fatal intracranial hemorrhage or ŝnĨÄ?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?ŐnÄ?Æ?c resonance imaging. It is important that the ŝnÆ?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?nƐŝÆ?Ä?Ɛ and Ä?Æ?Æ?ĨÄ?cÆ?Ɛ which ŽÅ?Ä?n supervene in such instances.