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Published on: September 11, 2018
Foreign body in the stomach: Dentures
İsmail Zihni1, Oktay Karaköse1, Kazım Çağlar Özçelik1
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
Abstract:
Although it is mostly observed in childhood, swallowing foreign bodies causes morbidity and mortality of a high percentage in the adult age group. Swallowed foreign bodies can be both harmless as well as life-threatening. The number, shape, size, and time of the swallowed foreign body to get deposited in the specific location determines the type of treatment. Late diagnosis and treatment is an important problem that causes perforation and obstruction. In this article, we presented a 39-year-old male patient who swallowed his denture while sleeping.
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