Penetrating Sacral Injury with a Wooden Foreign Body

Figure 1

A pelvic X-ray shows sacral bone defect (a). The axial (b) and sagittal (c) CT scan of lumbosacral area shows a hypodense penetrating object that was introduced from the posterior aspect of the sacrum and then stopped in the S1 vertebral body. Also, intraoperative illustration can be observed before (d) and after (e) wood removal.

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