Case | Country, year of study [reference] | Age (years) | Sex | Risk factors | Comorbid diseases | Chief complaints | Physical examination | Abdominal radiology | Endoscopy for extraction | Location | Complications | Surgery |
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1 | Japan, 2003 [9] | 82 | Male | Not mentioned | BPH | No discharged ingested denture for 3 days | Mild tenderness in epigastric area | Serial x-rays showed that the denture didn't move forwards. | Performed without success | Horizontal part of duodenum | Perforation | Duodenotomy |
2 | India, 2006 [10] | 59 | Male | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Pain in the right upper abdomen after accidental swallowing of a denture 2 weeks earlier | Tender, firm, and fixed lump measuring 6 × 8 cm in right hypochondrium with smooth surface | X-ray was not mentioned; CT scan revealed pathology in duodenum | Ulceration in first part of duodenum | Third part of duodenum | Necrotic mass in mesentery of thickened third part of duodenum (penetration) | Not done (surgical exploration was advised, but patient refused) |
3 | Japan, 2010 [11] | 49 | Male | Mental retardation | Not mentioned | Abdominal pain | Supraumbilical abdominal tenderness + high-grade fever | X-ray showed radiopaque object; CT scan showed foreign body in duodenum + free air and fluid collection in retroperitoneal space around duodenum | Not performed | Posterior wall of duodenum | Perforation | Laparotomy, closure of perforation, cholecystectomy, T-tube drainage, and gastrostomy, followed by intraperitoneal irrigation and drain placement near perforation |
4 | Turkey, 2011 [12] | 33 | Male | Schizophrenia, poor oral and dental hygiene | Negative | Acute abdominal pain, bilious vomit, and nausea | Mild abdominal tenderness | X-ray showed radiopaque object | Performed without success | Third part of duodenum | Obstruction | Gastrostomy |
5 | Pakistan, 2017 [13] | 63 | Male | Senile dementia, poorly fitting dentures, and poor oral and dental hygiene | COPD, musculoskeletal | Acute abdominal pain | Abdominal distension + generalized guarding | X-ray showed air under the diaphragm + radiopaque object in upper right quadrant of abdomen | Not performed | Second part of duodenum | Obstruction, perforation, and frank peritonitis | Duodenotomy + feeding jejunostomy |
6 | China, 2019 [14] | 69 | Male | Alzheimer disease | Not mentioned | Dysphagia, epigastric pain, bilious vomiting, and severe nausea | No pathological findings | Irregular densification in right middle abdomen; CT scan showed prosthesis | Performed with success | Descending part of duodenum | Impaction of denture in duodenum | Not done (successfully brought out with endoscopy) |
7 | Iran, 2019 (our patient) | 47 | Female | Old dental prosthesis and poor oral and dental hygiene | Asthma, migraine headache | Epigastric abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia | Severe epigastric and mild right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness | X-ray showed nothing; CT scan revealed pathology in duodenum | Performed without success | Second and third parts of duodenum | Both obstruction and perforation | Gastrostomy and duodenal kocherization |