Delayed Presentation of Submucosal Retained Toothbrush from Self-Inflicted Injury in Patient with Schizophrenia

Foreign body ingestion occurs in not only children but also adults, particularly those with history of neurologic disease, alcohol use, or psychiatric disease. We present the case of a 40-year-old male with schizophrenia who presented to the emergency room with a long history of pharyngeal foreign b...

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Main Authors: Caleb H. Creswell, Tony L. Kille, Matthew R. Hoffman, Tabassum Kennedy, Seth H. Dailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2480140