?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+unusual+foreign+body+of+esophagus&rft.creator=Singhal%2C+SK&rft.creator=Arora%2C+V&rft.creator=Dass%2C+A&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=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%2C+without+any+psychiatric+illness+and+had+been+using+%E2%80%9CNeem%E2%80%9D+(Azadirachta+indica)+stick+for+cleaning+his+teeth+for+the+past+twenty+years.+Neem+sticks+are+used+for+brushing+teeth%2C+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%E2%80%99s+adult+rigid+oesophagoscope.+We+believe+this+to+be+the+first+case+of+such+an+unusually+long+foreign+body+to+be+reported+in+the+literature.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7000%2F1%2F2010-1-14.pdf&rft.identifier=++Singhal%2C+SK+and+Arora%2C+V+and+Dass%2C+A++(2010)+An+unusual+foreign+body+of+esophagus.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7000%2F