title: A lethal ectopic denture: an unusual case of sigmoid perforation due to unnoticed swallowed dental plate.
abstract: We describe a case of generalised peritonitis due to sigmoid perforation caused by an unnoticed swallowed dental plate during sleep three months previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghori
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Dorricott
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003829:Denture, Partial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*