TY - JOUR PY - 1976// TI - Acupuncture needles: a "new" foreign body in the ear JO - AJR American journal of roentgenology A1 - Schatz, C. J. A1 - Fordham, S. SP - 688 EP - 689 VL - 127 IS - 4 N2 - With the recent popularity of acupuncture therapy and anesthesia in the United States, patients are having temporary needles placed in the external ear. These matallic radiopaque needles appear on routine skull and mastoid examinations. This article is written to familiarize radiologists with this "new'' iatrogenic foreign body.
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