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We report a case of a Taser dart presenting as a radio opaque foreign body to familiarize the Emergency Radiology community with the appearance of this non-lethal weapon which is being deployed in large numbers by police and security forces world wide.
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Dearing, M., Lewis, T.J. Foreign body lodged in distal phalanx of left index finger-taser dart. Emerg Radiol 11, 364–365 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-005-0428-x
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