Open AccessImpacted wooden toothpick in the stomach
Author(s) -
Yahata Shinsuke,
Kamada Momoka,
Kenzaka Tsuneaki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1903
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body ingestion , ingestion , foreign body , epigastric pain , foreign bodies , stomach , general surgery , surgery , gastroenterology , vomiting
Key Clinical Message Foreign body ingestion should be considered when evaluating acute onset epigastric pain, even if patients have no recollection of foreign body ingestion and suspicious conditions or habits, especially in the regions where toothpicks are used on a daily basis.