Toothpick Colon Injury Mimicking Colonic Diverticulitis

Although toothpick ingestion is rare, it can lead to fatal complications in the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnosing toothpick ingestion is difficult because most patients do not recall swallowing one. We report 2 cases of toothpick-ingestion-induced colon injury, mimicking diverticulitis. The first p...

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Published in:Ann Coloproctol
Main Authors: Jo, Min Hyeong, Namgung, Hwan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Society of Coloproctology 2018
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6046542/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29991205
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3393/ac.2018.04.23
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