%0 Journal Article
%T Intraosseous Metallic Foreign Body: A Case Report
%A Mawouto Fiawoo
%A Koffi Mawuse Guedenon
%A Ounoo Elom Takassi
%A Foli Agbeko
%A Messan Amblasso
%A Mazama Pakoudjare
%A Nadiedjoa Kokou Douti
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 281-284
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2025.153026
%X <b>Background: </b>The presence of intraosseous metallic foreign bodies without trauma or notion of surgical gesture, especially orthopedic implant placement, is rare. We report a case of an infant with an intraosseous metallic foreign body. <b>Case Report:</b> A 23-month-old male infant was consulted for febrile respiratory distress with a history of left calf pain. Chest X-ray identified pneumonia, which improved with treatment, and X-ray of the left leg revealed a metallic foreign body at the metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction of the left tibia and fibula. A conservative management approach was chosen with monitoring. <b>Conclusion: </b>The case described here is rare and his management can be conservative or not.
%K Metallic Foreign Body
%K Intraosseous
%K Infant
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=142383