A 55-year-old woman presented to the hospital following the unintentional swallowing of a toothbrush. The patient had been feeling nauseous and had tried to self-induce vomiting by inserting the toothbrush, having failedwith her fingers. The patient had introduced the toothbrush into the oropharynx, which initiated a swallow during which the patient lost her grip of the toothbrush handle. The p...

INTRODUCTION Various cases of self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra have been reported. Most of them are associated with autoerotic stimulation, psychiatric disorders or intoxication. CASE PRESENTATION We report the first case of a patient who put an Allen key completely in his urethra. The patient presented with dysuria, haematuria and penile pain. CONCLUSION A self-inflicted u...

Symptomatic gastrointestinal foreign bodies are a common clinical event. Some patients can develop complications, such as gastrointestinal obstruction, perforation etc., and rarely the secondary hepatic abscess can also occur. A 45-year-old male was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain for 1 month and high fever for 6 days. He was diagnosed with hepatic abscess formation due to perforation ...

We present a patient who, upon radiographic examination, was found to have eight metallic-density foreign objects throughout her colon that were identified as pieces of the enteral feeding tube's weighted tip, which was no longer intact. Although this complication is rare, correct identification is important so that the defective feeding tube can be removed and replaced and so that the patient ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the success rate of flexible bronchoscopy as the first-choice method of removing foreign bodies from the airways of adults. METHODS This was a retrospective study of all adult patients (over 18 years of age) with foreign body aspiration submitted to bronchoscopy between January of 2009 and January of 2011 at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine Hospital das Cl...

A patient presented with an intraoral red, painful, and hard swelling in the lower right jaw. Radiographs showed a 2 x 1 cm area of radiopaque material surrounding the apex of the second premolar. The material, according to the patient's dentist, was calcium hydroxide paste used as a temporary dressing material in the root canal. The patient developed paraesthesia in her lower lip probably due ...

BACKGROUND Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies is common in clinical practice. While perforation of the ileum and jejunum due to the ingested foreign body is common, duodenal perforation is rare. In this report, our experience with this rare entity is shared. CASE REPORT Here we present a 31-year-old patient with gastrointestinal tract perforation at the second part of the duodenum due to ...

To cite: Deveer M, Imamoglu F, Imamoglu C, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013010230 DESCRIPTION Although not common, cases of foreign bodies are important and interesting. Foreign bodies enter the body by trauma or iatrogenic injuries. Because of the thin nature of the bony orbital skeleton, intracranial pencil injuries are often transorbi...

Objective: To evaluate visual outcome and complications in intraocular foreign bodies. Study Design: Descriptive case series. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was carried out in the department of Ophthalmology, Services Hospital Lahore, over a period of one year from July 2008 to July 2009. Eighteen patients having magnetic or nonmagnetic intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) were inc...

BACKGROUND Physician migration is gaining attention worldwide. Despite increasing numbers of foreign physicians in Germany, their perceptions on working in Germany remain unexplored. Within a large survey on Saxon physicians, the aim of this study was to elucidate whether foreign-national physicians' job satisfaction differed from German physicians' job satisfaction. METHODS The study was des...