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Metallic denture with sharp pointed hooks and edges
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F5
The patient was reassured and discharged home (Figure 6 (Fig. 6)). An X-ray of her neck showed a denture plate with wires (Figure 6 (Fig. 6)).
The X-rays in a patient who swallowed her denture with metal wires. On first attendance, the chest X-ray was clear (A); Chest X-ray on second admission included part of her lower neck which revealed denture wires in her pharynx (B), confirmed on soft tissue neck X-ray (C).
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F6
The denture plate was removed in one piece using Magill forceps and rigid laryngoscope (Figure 7 (Fig. 7)).
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Rigid pharyngo-laryngoscopy in a patient with complete blockage of the larynx with denture. The denture plate completely covering the supraglottis with no view of the vocal cords (A). Gentle mobilisation with laryngoscope allowed disengagement of the denture wires from the pharyngeal wall (B). The denture plate removed with Magill forceps (C). Generalised erythema of the supraglottis and oedema of the right arytenoid visible after denture removal (D).
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F7
The flexible laryngoscopy showed some pooling of saliva in the hypopharynx, but did not show any foreign body (Figure 8 (Fig. 8)).
PMC8422795_03
An example of pooling of saliva in the hypopharynx, worse on the left side as noticed on flexible laryngoscopy suggestive of some obstructive pathology in the hypopharynx. Such patients should be considered for examination under anaesthetic.
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F8
He was found to have an impacted denture plate in his upper oesophagus on UGIE (Figure 9 (Fig. 9), Figure 10 (Fig. 10)).
Flexible upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showing absence of any foreign body in the pharynx (B), and impacted denture was found in the upper oesophagus (A and C).
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F9
He was found to have an impacted denture plate in his upper oesophagus on UGIE (Figure 9 (Fig. 9), Figure 10 (Fig. 10)).
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