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KMID : 0359019970170030403
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1997 Volume.17 No. 3 p.403 ~ p.410
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Two Cases of Needle and Toothpic Stuck in the Stomach
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민귀환
김건형/최요안/안기석/김기중/정준성/박찬웅
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Abstract
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Foreign bodies in the stomach are usually ingested by children under 5 years of age, persons with dentures, alcoholics, emntally disturbed individuals or prisoners with a purpose of secondary gain. Many patients will be asymptomatic and will be
brought
in by parents with a history of having swallowed something. The ingested foreign bodies are mainly coins, particles of metals, fish bones and etc. A needle or a toothpick in the stomach has been rarely reported in an adult.
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