Foreign body of the stomach that resemble a snake (3 of 3)

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Case description

A tooth brush that was found in her stomach. Impacted foreign bodies. A foreign body lodged in the GI tract may cause local inflammation leading to pain, bleeding, scarring, and obstruction, or it may erode through the GI tract. Migration from the esophagus most often leads to mediastinitis but may involve the lower respiratory tract or aorta and create an aortoenteric fistula. Migration through the lower GI tract may cause peritonitis.

tags: foreign stomach

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