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An unusual foreign body of esophagus

Singhal, SK and Arora, V and Dass, A (2010) An unusual foreign body of esophagus. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]

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Abstract

We report a rare case of an unusually long foreign body (Datun) impacted in the esophagus of a 56 year-old gentleman. He was literate, without any psychiatric illness and had been using “Neem” (Azadirachta indica) stick for cleaning his teeth for the past twenty years. Neem sticks are used for brushing teeth, perhaps one of the earliest and very effective dental care. On closer questioning he revealed his habit of passing the Neem stick into his throat with the aim of cleaning it too while cleaning his teeth. He presented to our emergency early in the morning with this strange long foreign body impacted in his esophagus which was removed successfully using a Jackson’s adult rigid oesophagoscope. We believe this to be the first case of such an unusually long foreign body to be reported in the literature.

Item Type:Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
Keywords:Foreign body, Esophagus, Neem stick
Subjects:JOURNALS > Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
ID Code:7000
Deposited By: Kakkilaya Bevinje, Dr. Srinivas
Deposited On:13 Sep 2010 03:52
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:57

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