A few days ago, 53-year-old Mr. Zhang came to the hospital for treatment due to cervical spondylosis. The doctor asked him to do an MRI examination. During the examination, the doctor unexpectedly found a magnetic object on his cheek and was unable to complete the examination. He quickly asked him to take an X-ray. The film showed that there was a high-density shadow on his right cheek. Considering that there was a foreign body inside, he suggested that Mr. Zhang go to the oral cavity Department consultation.

After examination, the stomatologist considered that Mr. Zhang had a metal foreign body on his face. For thorough treatment, he decided to perform intraoral surgery to remove the foreign body.

Why are there metal foreign objects in the face? Mr. Zhang was puzzled. Over the years, although he had occasional discomfort on the right cheek, Mr. Zhang never paid attention to it. Now that he knew there was a foreign object hidden inside, he and his family were shocked. What was it?

"Touch gold" in the flesh, remove the iron piece without scars

It is not that simple to remove the foreign body in Mr. Zhang's cheek. Foreign bodies in soft tissue are generally difficult to locate; and foreign bodies that enter the body in a short period of time can be removed along the original wound. However, Mr. Zhang cannot remember when he was injured, and there is no scar on his face, leaving no trace. follow. In addition, there are many nerves and blood vessels in the face, so incision selection has become a surgical difficulty.

After careful analysis of the X-rays and considering not affecting the patient’s facial appearance, the doctor decided to help Mr. Zhang remove the foreign body from the incision in his mouth under local anesthesia. With rich clinical experience, Liu Chuntong made an incision of about 1.5 cm in the patient's oral mucosa, carefully separated and searched, and finally found the foreign body and removed it completely.

The whole piece of metal was about 0.4cm × 1.0cm in size, with rusty spots on the surface. It was judged that it should be a piece of iron. After the soft tissue of the incision was debrided and rinsed, the incision was sutured from the inside of the mouth. Mr. Zhang’s face did not show any signs of surgery.

The iron fragment "lurked" due to trauma 30 years ago

Seeing such a large piece of iron removed from his face, Mr. Zhang felt happy and finally recalled it after being prompted by his family Injury passed. Thirty years ago, when he was processing hardware parts, a co-worker was pounding the parts with a hammer. He suddenly felt pain on his face, as if he had been splashed by something small. A small wound and bleeding immediately appeared on his face.

The medical conditions were poor at the time, so he didn’t take it seriously and simply disinfected it. The small wound on his face healed, and Mr. Zhang never felt any obvious discomfort. In this way, the piece of iron "lurked" on his face for 30 years. Mr. Zhang, who had a successful operation, said with a smile that he really wanted to thank the doctor for helping to find and remove this "treasure", otherwise he would never know what would grow in the future.