Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies: Sonographic Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management

With the advent of meticulous sonographic techniques, high-resolution sonography is the main imaging tool used for the detection and localization of non-radiopaque foreign bodies in soft tissue. Written in the context of the author's clinical experience over 15 years with identification, localization, and removal of more than 400 foreign bodies in the soft tissues, bones, joints, tendons, facial structures, and the orbit, this article focuses on the management of soft tissue foreign bodies, including those in muscle, tendon, and intra-articular spaces and structures.