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Perforation of the duodenum by an ingested toothbrush

We report a rare case of duodenal perforation caused by an ingested 12-cm long toothbrush handle. A 22-year-old female presented with intermittent epigastric pain for 6 d after swallowing a broken toothbrush. The swallowed toothbrush could not be removed from the second portion of the duodenum by en...

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Auteurs principaux: Chao, Hsiao-Hsiang, Chao, Tzu-Chieh
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The WJG Press and Baishideng 2008
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731199/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18666336
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.4410
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