An unusual foreign body of eight months duration in the nasopharynx of a three years old child

Abstract

A unique case of a 5 cm long impacted broken toothbrush in nasopharynx of a 3-year-old male child is being reported. The foreign body remained impacted for a long period of 8 months. The toothbrush was visualized transnasally by endoscopy and removed per oral under general anesthesia. © 2014, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. All rights reserved.