This book contains over 1700 high quality radiological illustrations and photographs of medical foreign bodies in radiography and CT. Iatrogenically introduced foreign materials are a broad field. Physicians are increasingly confronted with medically introduced foreign bodies in radiological diagnostics. These must be identified and physicians must know and recognize the correct position or, if necessary, incorrect position as well as further complications. For the first time, this volume provides you with a guide to the diagnosis and evaluation of numerous foreign materials in the following body regions:

Skull/brain

duraplasty, bone flaps, shunts and valves, coils and stents, etc.

Eye

oil, fillings, artificial lenses, prostheses, cerclages and much more.

Teeth

post teeth, bridges and implants, etc.

Ear

Hearing aids, implants, and more.

Skeleton/spine

osteosynthesis material (wires, screws, plates), vertebral body, intervertebral disc and joint replacement, scoliosis therapy, kyphoplasty, etc.

You will also learn the special features in the imaging of Medication pumps

Accidental foreign bodies

corpus alienum, gossypiboma, aspiration and ingestion

Traumatic foreign bodies

perforation, blast injuries, gunshot wounds, etc. know.