Foreign body in the periradicular area.

A 12-yr-old child reported to the outpatient department of D.A.V. (C) Dental College & Hospital with a history of trauma 41/2 yr earlier with pain and swelling now present in the upper anterior area for 3 days. A radiograph showed the presence of a foreign object in the periapical area of a fractured and discolored maxillary central incisor. Reported here is an unusual case of a straight pin lying in the periradicular area.