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To the Editor: Foreign bodies are often ingested accidentally — for example, by people with dentures or those with mental impairment.¹ Usually, the material passes through the gastrointestinal tract uneventfully.² We describe a man with abdominal pain that was caused by a toothpick encapsulated in an abscess in the right psoas muscle.

A 69-year-old man presented with a three-month history of right-sided abdominal pain. He had no fever, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. The white-cell count was 11,000 per cubic millimeter, the C-reactive protein level was 2.9 mg per deciliter (normal, <0.5), and there were red cells in the urine. Abdominal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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