Swallowed toothbrush: Case series
Toothbrush swallowing is rare, and most cases are seen in young women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia or associated with mental retardation or schizophrenia. Prompt removal is recommended because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported. There is no previously reported case series on swal...
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| author | S. Kiran Deepak Gupta Abhishek Sadalage Amit Gupte Abhinav Jain Akash Shukla |
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| description | Toothbrush swallowing is rare, and most cases are seen in young women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia or associated with mental retardation or schizophrenia. Prompt removal is recommended because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported. There is no previously reported case series on swallowed toothbrush in mentally normal young men. Here, we report three cases of swallowed toothbrush found in the esophagus and stomach on endoscopy. In our case series, successful removal of the toothbrush was done without endotracheal intubation or over tube, without any complications. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case series of swallowed toothbrush managed successfully endoscopically. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a49fc23924ce43679ec963ce60db65472023-11-09T02:37:59ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Digestive Endoscopy0976-50420976-50502016-04-01070207707910.4103/0976-5042.189158Swallowed toothbrush: Case seriesS. Kiran0Deepak Gupta1Abhishek Sadalage2Amit Gupte3Abhinav Jain4Akash Shukla5Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaToothbrush swallowing is rare, and most cases are seen in young women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia or associated with mental retardation or schizophrenia. Prompt removal is recommended because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported. There is no previously reported case series on swallowed toothbrush in mentally normal young men. Here, we report three cases of swallowed toothbrush found in the esophagus and stomach on endoscopy. In our case series, successful removal of the toothbrush was done without endotracheal intubation or over tube, without any complications. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case series of swallowed toothbrush managed successfully endoscopically.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.189158Endoscopyforeign bodytoothbrush |
| spellingShingle | S. Kiran Deepak Gupta Abhishek Sadalage Amit Gupte Abhinav Jain Akash Shukla Swallowed toothbrush: Case series Journal of Digestive Endoscopy Endoscopy foreign body toothbrush |
| title | Swallowed toothbrush: Case series |
| title_full | Swallowed toothbrush: Case series |
| title_fullStr | Swallowed toothbrush: Case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Swallowed toothbrush: Case series |
| title_short | Swallowed toothbrush: Case series |
| title_sort | swallowed toothbrush case series |
| topic | Endoscopy foreign body toothbrush |
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