Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-g8jcs Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-23T09:08:32.232Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The Picture Archiving and Communication System: a useful tool in a case of upper oesophageal foreign body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2006

G Kulamarva
Affiliation:
Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK
J R Buckland
Affiliation:
Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK
S Sapare
Affiliation:
Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK
M B Pringle
Affiliation:
Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK

Abstract

We present a case of an oesophageal foreign body (approximately 2×2 cm) which was not seen on the initial lateral soft tissue neck X-ray but was detected following manipulation of the X-ray using the Picture Archiving and Communication System of X-ray viewing. This system gives the user much greater flexibility, including a choice of magnification and contrast.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)