Endoscopic removal of an accidentally swallowed toothbrush.
A rare case is reported with a large foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract. A 19-year-old girl accidentally swallowed her toothbrush which was successfully removed via endoscopy using a polypectomy snare under topical pharyngeal anesthesia. The extracted toothbrush was 20 cm long, and it had the characteristic radiographic image.
Lu
Xin-Liang
XL
Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. xinliang.lu@yahoo.com
Cao
He-Long
HL
Qian
Ke-Da
KD
D000059:Accidents / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000295:instrumentation*