An Adult Patient Who Swallowed a Toothbrush: A Case Report
Toothbrush ingestion is a rarer condition than other swallowed foreign bodies. It is usually seen in the elderly, patients with psychological disorders, and mentally retarded individuals. In this article, we present the case of a 21-year-old female patient who accidentally swallowed a toothbrush. Th...
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| author | Ceren Konca Seferoğlu Sami Fidan Murat Erkut İbrahim Sonkaya |
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| description | Toothbrush ingestion is a rarer condition than other swallowed foreign bodies. It is usually seen in the elderly, patients with psychological disorders, and mentally retarded individuals. In this article, we present the case of a 21-year-old female patient who accidentally swallowed a toothbrush. The toothbrush was successfully removed with flexible endoscopy using a polypectomy snare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-730b3a197abe415abb531c57fbd06ef62024-12-09T08:11:11ZengAVESDiagnostic and Interventional Endoscopy2822-37722024-08-0132303210.5152/DiagnIntervEndosc.2024.24107An Adult Patient Who Swallowed a Toothbrush: A Case ReportCeren Konca Seferoğlu0Sami Fidan1Murat Erkut2İbrahim Sonkaya3Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, TürkiyeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, TürkiyeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, TürkiyeDepartment of İnternal Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, TürkiyeToothbrush ingestion is a rarer condition than other swallowed foreign bodies. It is usually seen in the elderly, patients with psychological disorders, and mentally retarded individuals. In this article, we present the case of a 21-year-old female patient who accidentally swallowed a toothbrush. The toothbrush was successfully removed with flexible endoscopy using a polypectomy snare.https://diagnintervendosc.org/en/an-adult-patient-who-swallowed-a-toothbrush-a-case-report-1374 |
| spellingShingle | Ceren Konca Seferoğlu Sami Fidan Murat Erkut İbrahim Sonkaya An Adult Patient Who Swallowed a Toothbrush: A Case Report Diagnostic and Interventional Endoscopy |
| title | An Adult Patient Who Swallowed a Toothbrush: A Case Report |
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