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Silver nitrate masquerading as a radiopaque foreign body

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Silver nitrate is commonly used as a method of chemical cauterization to areas of hypergranulation. We report two cases wherein silver nitrate in the hand was misinterpreted radiologically as foreign bodies.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland

    Claragh Healy, Mark Canney, Adrian Murphy & Padraic Regan

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Healy, C., Canney, M., Murphy, A. et al. Silver nitrate masquerading as a radiopaque foreign body. Emerg Radiol 14, 63–64 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-006-0542-4

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