A case of colohepatic penetration by a swallowed toothbrush

Min Ro Lee; Yong Hwang; Jong Hun Kim

doi:10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2464

A case of colohepatic penetration by a swallowed toothbrush

Min Ro Lee
, Yong Hwang
, Jong Hun Kim^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Jeonbuk National University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2464-2465
Number of pages	2
Journal	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume	12
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2464
State	Published - 2006.04.21

Keywords

Colohepatic penetration
Toothbrush

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Medicine

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A case of colohepatic penetration by a swallowed toothbrush

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