[A case of the removing the intragastric foreign body by the gastroscopy combining with the esophagoscopy]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2014 May;28(9):658-9.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

A male patient, 49 years old with drug use, swallowed a toothbrush and a tube of 20 centimeters long which lead to the upper abdomen pain for six years. The gastroscopy examination showed the head of the toothbrush in the gastric antrum and the tail inserting in the pylorus. The intragastric toothbrush was removed by the gastroscopy combining with esophagoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Esophagoscopy*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Gastroscopy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach*