Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Endoscopic Removal of an Accidentally Swallowed Toothbrush
Xin-Liang LuHe-Long CaoKe-Da Qian
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Keywords: endoscopy, toothbrush
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2008 Volume 47 Issue 20 Pages 1797-1798

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A rare case is reported with a large foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract. A 19-year-old girl accidentally swallowed her toothbrush which was successfully removed via endoscopy using a polypectomy snare under topical pharyngeal anesthesia. The extracted toothbrush was 20 cm long, and it had the characteristic radiographic image.

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