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Stabbing pain in the throat after teeth cleaning
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  1. Sara Ersözü,
  2. Daniel Hofmänner,
  3. Dagmar I Keller
  1. Emergency Department, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to Sara Ersözü, sara.ersoezlue{at}usz.ch

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221917

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    A previously healthy, 25-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with mild stabbing pain and foreign body feeling in her throat after cleaning her interdental spaces with a pin, which she accidentally swallowed. Physical examination, including enoral inspection, showed no abnormalities. An anterior–posterior and lateral cervical radiograph was performed (figures 1 and 2).

    Figure 1

    Anterior–posterior (A) and lateral (B) cervical radiographs. L, left; R, right.

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    Anterior–posterior (A) and lateral (B) cervical radiographs. A transversely located pin is shown at the …

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