A CASE OF REMOVED BY COLONOSCOPY MISSWALLOWED DENTAL INSTRUMENT(REAMER)

Tetsuya AOKI; Kiyotaka OKAWA; Ryuta OISO; Reiko SUDO; Takashi NAKAI; Hideto OIYA; Hiroko NEBIKI; Shigeyoshi HARIHARA

doi:10.11280/gee1973b.43.859

Tetsuya AOKI, Kiyotaka OKAWA, Ryuta OISO, Reiko SUDO, Takashi NAKAI, Hideto OIYA, Hiroko NEBIKI, Shigeyoshi HARIHARA

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2001 Volume 43 Issue 4 Pages 859-862

DOI https://doi.org/10.11280/gee1973b.43.859

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Abstract

A 48-year-old man accidentallly swallowed a dental instrument(reamer)at a dental clinic.Although no abdominal symptorns occurred, a plain X-ray film showed that the instrumentremained in the lower right abdomen. Terefore, colonoscQpy was performed at our department18days after the accident. The instrument was stuck in the cecum, where it had caused agranulation-like elevation. It was removed by biopsy forceps holding the tip of the instrument.

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