Splinter on POCUS A patient presents with hand pain. Which of the following is most likely causing her pain? ... Resolution: this patient has a splinter. While foreign bodies tend to generally be hyperechoic, metallic foreign bodies have posterior reverberation artifact and wooden foreign bodies (like stones and bones) tend to have posterior acoustic shadowing. - Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh #Clinical #POCUS #Hand #Splinter #Shadowing
