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case_images: Photograph of the patient showing a wound on the left maxillary region - the site of entry of the missile.
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case_images: F1
case_images: Physical examination revealed an entry wound in the left maxillary region, with subconjunctival ecchymosis but no exit wound [Figure 1].
case_images: Radiograph of the skull in the posteroanterior projection showing the missile.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Radiography of the skull in the posterior-anterior (PA) projection [Figure 2] and lateral radiography of the cervical spine [Figure 3] revealed location of the foreign body at the level of C2 and C3.
case_images: Radiograph of the cervical spine in lateral projection showing the missile at the level of C2 and C3 vertebrae.
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case_images: F3
case_images: Radiography of the skull in the posterior-anterior (PA) projection [Figure 2] and lateral radiography of the cervical spine [Figure 3] revealed location of the foreign body at the level of C2 and C3.
case_images: Axial computed tomography section of the neck indicating position of the missile on the lateral aspect of the cervical vertebrae and fluid in the left maxillary sinus.
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case_images: F4
case_images: A computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed the presence of an isolated missile in relation to the cervical vertebrae [Figure 4].