Thoracic vegetal foreign body in a canine patient identified as a mineralised attenuation using computed tomography

Abstract Vegetal foreign bodies are a common presentation in veterinary medicine in both general and specialist practice. Ultrasonography is the most accessible modality for identifying vegetal foreign bodies across veterinary medicine. Computed tomography has also been described; however, sensitivity is variable, cost is higher, and accessibility is lower compared to ultrasonography. Despite this, descriptions of vegetal foreign bodies identified on computed tomography are consistently described as elongated gas‐containing foci or slightly hyperattenuating foci within soft tissues and as foci of soft‐tissue attenuation in air‐containing structures. This case report, to the authors’ knowledge, is the first described case of mineralised attenuation of a vegetal foreign body identified on computed tomography.