Author:
Soga Masahiro,Tanaka Tetsuya,Ueda Takeshi,Kirihataya Yuki,Yamaguchi Yohei,Okura Yasushi,Sawai Masayoshi,Yoshimura Atsushi
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Foreign body ingestion is a common case in daily medical care, and it usually passes through the entire gastrointestinal tract naturally and is excreted in the feces. However, long and sharp foreign bodies may be difficult to pass naturally due to their shape. Here, we present a rare case of a duodenal foreign body, a toothbrush, that required laparoscopic surgical removal after a failed endoscopic attempt.
Case presentation
A 51-year-old male with intellectual disability presented to our hospital due to fever. Initially, he was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia by chest X-ray and blood examination. However, abdominal X-ray examination suggested a foreign body, and a computed tomography scan revealed a toothbrush in the duodenum. Therefore, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was immediately attempted to remove it, but it could not be safely removed because the handle part of the toothbrush seemed deeply embedded in the duodenal mucosa. Therefore, this case was diagnosed as duodenal incarceration of the toothbrush, and it was removed by laparoscopic surgery. The operation was performed safely, and the patient’s postoperative course was good without any complications. The extracted toothbrush was 15 cm in length.
Conclusion
We experienced a rare case of a duodenal foreign body, which was a toothbrush. The duodenal foreign body was safely removed by laparoscopic surgery for the first time.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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