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Denture removed from foodpipe

Staff Correspondent

Belgaum: Doctors at the city-based KLES Hospital have removed a denture (artificial teeth) from the oesophagus (food pipe) of a 65-year-old man. According to a press release here on Thursday, Devendrappa from Majunathapur in Dharwad swallowed the denture about six years ago and had developed pain. The patient was investigated with the help of a spiral CT scanner at the hospital. The denture was located at a delicate position near the windpipe and major blood vessels. A part of the lung was infected.

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