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CT Chest and Abdomen bone window showing Linear radio-opaque foreign body in the spinal canal at the level of the T10 vertebra traversing from the right pedicle to the left neural foramen.
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F1
The thoracic CT scan showed a needle-shaped foreign body in the spinal canal at the level of T10 level [Figure 1].
Intraoperative view showing the spinal needle.
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F2
The patient underwent a T10 laminectomy for removal of the foreign body that proved to be a medical syringe needle tip [Figure 2].