"Denture Misadventure: The Tooth About Your Colon." by Rajesh Essrani, MD

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Denture Misadventure: The Tooth About Your Colon.

Cureus

Rajesh Essrani, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Patrick Hickey, DO, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Hiral N Shah, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network

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Publication/Presentation Date

1-15-2019

Abstract

Foreign body ingestion occurs mainly in a mentally impaired person, but rarely in healthy adults. A 48-year-old male was admitted with a recurrence of previously diagnosed right knee septic arthritis and accidentally ingested his dental bridge which was removed from a proximal ascending colon with a colonoscopy.

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Disciplines

Gastroenterology and
Internal Medicine

PubMedID

30911447

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Article

Citation Information

Essrani, R., Hickey, P., & Shah, H. (2019). Denture Misadventure: The Tooth About Your Colon. Cureus, 11(1), e3890. doi:10.7759/cureus.3890.