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.
Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. xinliang.lu@yahoo.com
Xin-Liang
XL
Lu
He-Long
HL
Cao
Ke-Da
KD
Qian
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*