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Isn't a metal wire highly visible in x-ray? How doctors miss that?

• balabaster 10y ago
  Also, aren't BBQ bristle brushes magnetic? Wouldn't a simple magnet over the spot have exacerbated the pain and triggered a closer look? Not that you'd have known to use a magnet to test it, but now it's certainly something that could be considered on a checklist of cheap/free things to check before more expensive/time consuming/invasive procedures are initiated.
  • drauh 10y ago
    Bristles are brass (alloy of copper and zinc; corrosion resistant, food-safe), and not magnetic.
  • Zpalmtree 10y ago
    If they were magnetic, a CAT scan would rip it out I imagine
• genkimind 10y ago
  The only xray given were CT scans. How it was missed I don't know. It could have to do with the orientation of the wire.