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Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon
Toothbrush swallowing is a rare event. Because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported, prompt removal is recommended to prevent the development of complications. Most swallowed toothbrushes have been found in the esophagus or the stomach of affected patients, and there has been no previo...
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The Korean Association of Internal Medicine
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687616/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17616026 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2007.22.2.106 |
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author | Kim, In Hee Kim, Hyun Chul Koh, Kang Hun Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik |
author_facet | Kim, In Hee Kim, Hyun Chul Koh, Kang Hun Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik |
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description | Toothbrush swallowing is a rare event. Because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported, prompt removal is recommended to prevent the development of complications. Most swallowed toothbrushes have been found in the esophagus or the stomach of affected patients, and there has been no previously reported case of a toothbrush in the colon. Here, we report a case of a swallowed toothbrush found in the ascending colon that caused a fistula between the right colon and the liver, with a complicating small hepatic abscess. This patient was successfully managed using exploratory laparotomy. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a swallowed toothbrush found in the colon. |
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spelling | pubmed-26876162009-06-15 Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon Kim, In Hee Kim, Hyun Chul Koh, Kang Hun Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik Korean J Intern Med Case Report Toothbrush swallowing is a rare event. Because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported, prompt removal is recommended to prevent the development of complications. Most swallowed toothbrushes have been found in the esophagus or the stomach of affected patients, and there has been no previously reported case of a toothbrush in the colon. Here, we report a case of a swallowed toothbrush found in the ascending colon that caused a fistula between the right colon and the liver, with a complicating small hepatic abscess. This patient was successfully managed using exploratory laparotomy. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a swallowed toothbrush found in the colon. The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2007-06 2007-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2687616/ /pubmed/17616026 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2007.22.2.106 Text en Copyright © 2007 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kim, In Hee Kim, Hyun Chul Koh, Kang Hun Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title | Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title_full | Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title_fullStr | Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title_full_unstemmed | Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title_short | Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon |
title_sort | journey of a swallowed toothbrush to the colon |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687616/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17616026 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2007.22.2.106 |
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