Unusual foreign bodies

366

Roentgeno-oddities

UNUSUAL

A

FOREIGN

Oral Surg. September, 1982

BODIES

32-year-old Oriental woman presented for a routine periodontal evaluation. Roentgenographic examination revealed multiple dense, opaque, pointed, foreign bodies in the region of the maxilla and mandible. The patient admitted that she had undergone acupuncture treatment as child in Indonesia. Roentgenograms of the head revealed that the

needleswere in soft tissues of the cheek and neck. No surgical removal was contemplated. Lieutenant Colonel Alan B. Pickett Lieutenant Colonel Marvin W. Cohen

U.S. Army Dental Activity Fort Benning, Ga. 3 1905