A CASE REPORT: CLINICAL INSIGHT ON RETAINED WOODEN FOREIGN BODY IN THE FOOT

The foot is the second commonest location for foreign bodies. The foremost common foreign bodies are needles, metal,glass, wood, and plastic. Though bimetal foreign bodies area unit promptly seen on plain film radiographs, radiolucentbodies like wood area unit pictured poorly, if at all.Though plain radiography is thought to be ineffective fordemonstrating radiolucent foreign bodies, it's usually the primary imaging modality used. Herein, we present the case ofa 42 years old man who had presented to the clinic with history of pain and swelling in his right foot. On examination, hisvitals, heart sounds and breathing during auscultation were found to be normal. This particular individual had no othersignificant chronic illness. A brief history obtained from the patient revealed that penetrated wooden foreign bodies inhis hind sole region. In view of his present complaints, he was successfully managed with antibiotics and pain relievingmedications. Our patient comes under the small percentage of cases that had a missed diagnosis as the expulsion of thewooden particles occurred 3 months after the initial visit to the clinic. This case is being presented to enlightenunderstanding on clinical picture of retained wooden foreign bodies in foot.