title: Inadvertent ingestion of wire bristles from a grill cleaning brush: radiologic detection of unsuspected foreign bodies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report acute onset of either odynophagia or abdominal pain immediately after ingestion of grilled meat in six patients presenting between May 1, 2009, and November 18, 2010. In all six patients, radiologic studies revealed a linear metallic foreign body. Careful history revealed cleaning of the grill with a metallic brush immediately before cooking in all six cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physicians should be aware of this potential hazard to facilitate accurate and timely diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA. dgrand@lifespan.org
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Beland
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Mayo-Smith
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003679:Deglutition; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006794:Household Articles; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008670:Metals