| Literature DB >> 16688846 |
Min-Ro Lee1, Yong Hwang, Jong-Hun Kim.
Abstract
Although foreign body ingestion is relatively common, toothbrush swallowing is rare. We report a case of a swallowed toothbrush which passed through the ileocecal valve and perforated the proximal transverse colon, then the liver. To our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported.Mesh:
Year: 2006 PMID: 16688846 PMCID: PMC4088091 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2464
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742