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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2016; 07(02): 077-079
DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.189158
Case Report

Swallowed toothbrush: Case series

S. Kiran
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Deepak Gupta
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Abhishek Sadalage
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Amit Gupte
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Abhinav Jain
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Akash Shukla
1   Department of Gastroenterology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

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.

Key words

Endoscopy - foreign body - toothbrush


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Publikationsdatum:
26. September 2019 (online)

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