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...
Main Authors: | S. Kiran, Deepak Gupta, Abhishek Sadalage, Amit Gupte, Abhinav Jain, Akash Shukla |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2016-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Digestive Endoscopy |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.189158 |
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