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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep 1;6(3):28.
eCollection 2015 Sep-Dec.

Endoscopic Removal of 15 Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies

Bircan Savran  1 , Sezgin Zeren  2 , Süleyman Coşgun  3 , Ünal Adigüzel  1 , Ahmet Öztürk  4 , Bercis Imge Ucar  2
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Case Reports

Endoscopic Removal of 15 Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies

Bircan Savran et al. APSP J Case Rep. .

Abstract

Foreign body ingestion occurs commonly in children, elderly, mentally impaired or alcoholic, and psychiatric patients. We present a 15-year-old boy with mental retardation and uncontrolled psychiatric disorder admitted to the hospital with abdominal and chest pain. He was diagnosed with foreign body ingestion and 15 foreign objects, including a sharp knife, were successfully removed endoscopically by using an over-tube.

Keywords: Endoscopy; Foreign body ingestion; Over-tube; Psychiatric disorder.

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Figure 1:Multiple foreign bodies in the distal part of esophagus and stomach.
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Figure 2:A knife, a teaspoon, a pipette, an ice cream handle, wood pieces, a pencil and a bottle cap can be seen in the endoscopic image of the stomach
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Figure 3:Fifteen foreign bodies that are removed endoscopically from the patients
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