A Broken Toothbrush in the Retropharyngeal Space in a Toddler of Sixteen Months

A toddler of sixteen months fell while brushing his teeth and his mouth hit the ground. The toothbrush broke and one-third of it including the head got impacted in his throat. The attempt of his mother to remove it with her fingers further complicated the case and the toothbrush was ultimately lodge...

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Autores principales: Goswami, Saileswar, Goswami, Choitali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26060587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/485762
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description A toddler of sixteen months fell while brushing his teeth and his mouth hit the ground. The toothbrush broke and one-third of it including the head got impacted in his throat. The attempt of his mother to remove it with her fingers further complicated the case and the toothbrush was ultimately lodged in the retropharyngeal space at the level from C1 to C5 vertebrae. It was strongly impacted due to the presence of the bristles. The broken end of the handle was just protruding into the nasopharynx and was very difficult to locate. The first attempt of its removal was unsuccessful. The toothbrush was removed safely in the second attempt without any complication.
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spelling pubmed-44277632015-06-09 A Broken Toothbrush in the Retropharyngeal Space in a Toddler of Sixteen Months Goswami, Saileswar Goswami, Choitali Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A toddler of sixteen months fell while brushing his teeth and his mouth hit the ground. The toothbrush broke and one-third of it including the head got impacted in his throat. The attempt of his mother to remove it with her fingers further complicated the case and the toothbrush was ultimately lodged in the retropharyngeal space at the level from C1 to C5 vertebrae. It was strongly impacted due to the presence of the bristles. The broken end of the handle was just protruding into the nasopharynx and was very difficult to locate. The first attempt of its removal was unsuccessful. The toothbrush was removed safely in the second attempt without any complication. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4427763/ /pubmed/26060587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/485762 Text en Copyright © 2015 S. Goswami and C. Goswami. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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