title: Endoscopic removal of a denture with clasps impacted in the ileocecum.
abstract: We report a case of endoscopic removal of a denture with clasps impacted in the ileocecum. The patient was a 63-year-old man hospitalized at another center with aspiration pneumonia. He had a history of cerebral bleeding, inflicted permanent damage with left hemiplegia, and dysphagia. Abdominal radiography for localization of a catheter in the femoral vein revealed a denture in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. He was subclinical and could not recall when he might have swallowed the denture. The patient was brought by ambulance to our institution. Computed tomography showed a foreign body with the density of metal in the ileocecum without any severe complications such as obstruction or perforation. Following intestinal lavage from a nasogastric tube, we performed colonoscopy and successfully retrieved the denture. The patient showed no complications associated with endoscopic therapy and returned to the previous hospital 3 days after endoscopic removal of the denture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan, abe@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Takatsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aiso
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuyama
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takikawa
mesh_terms: D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003778:Dentures; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography