Computed tomographic detection of a swallowed denture.
A 89-year-old, nursing home female presented with a two-week history of drooling and a hard palpable mass in the region of the larynx. Initial fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed a hard pinkish-white mass which was felt to represent a tumor. Computed tomography demonstrated swallowed, impacted, complete, mandibular denture. Radiologists should be aware of this problem, particularly in the elderly demented patient.
McLaughlin
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Morristown Memorial Hospital, NJ 07960.
Swayne
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed