title: Toothpick perforation of the duodenum.
abstract: An 82-year-old man developed gastrointestinal hemorrhage and polymicrobial sepsis from toothpick perforation of the duodenal bulb. We removed the toothpick endoscopically.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000209:etiology; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004386:Duodenum; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology