An Unusual Incidental Radiographic Finding–A Stapler Pin: a Case
CASE REPORT / PRIKAZ SLUČAJA Serbian Dental Journal, vol. 61, No 1, 2014 45
UDC: 616.314.9-003.6-053.2 DOI: 10.2298/SGS1401045K An Unusual Incidental Radiographic Finding – A Stapler Pin: A Case Report
Smita Kamtane1, Monali Ghodke2 1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental School, Pune, India; 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India
SUMMARY Accidental discovery of a foreign object embedded in a tooth is not common. Children often have a habit of inserting objects into their mouth. Some of these objects can be accidentally ingested or even aspirated which can be a very frightening and a stressful experience. Herein, we report a case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with a stapler pin lodged in the root canal space of maxillary left deciduous central incisor. Keywords: foreign bodies; stapler pins; deciduous teeth
INTRODUCTION central incisor (Figure 2). To localize this foreign object additional parallax views were taken. On further question- Accidental ingestion or aspiration of a variety of foreign ing it was found that the child was playing with the stap- objects is a common pediatric emergency. The discovery ler pin a week before, when it got stuck in his tooth. The of foreign objects in teeth is a special situation, which child’s attempts to remove the foreign object were futile. is often diagnosed accidentally. Detailed case history, The incident was concealed from his parents as he was clinical and radiographic examinations are necessary to afraid of punishment. The timing of presentation enabled come to a conclusion about the nature, size and location us to solve the problem by extraction of the affected tooth of the foreign body as well as difficulties involved in its (after obtaining the written consent from the parents) as retrieval. Sometimes foreign objects get stuck in the root the permanent incisor was erupting. Subsequently, the canals and children do not reveal to their parents because maxillary left deciduous central incisor was extracted they are afraid of punishment. This situation is common (Figure 3). This timely diagnosis and management of in children. Majority of cases of accidental ingestion or foreign object embedded in the tooth avoided further aspiration of foreign objects in children occur between complications such as pain, bleeding and infection. the ages of 6 months to 3 years and include a variety of objects like coins, marbles, pins, keys, rings and toys [1]. Also, an injury of hard and soft tissues may occur as a DISCUSSION consequence of children’s habit to put foreign objects in mouth. These foreign objects may act as a potential source Various foreign objects have been reported lodged in the of infection and may later lead to a painful condition. In root canals and pulp chamber, which ranged from pencil the present case, we report a stapler pin found incident- leads [2], darning needles [3], metal screws [4], to beads ally on a radiograph of carious maxillary left deciduous [5] and stapler pins [6]. In our case, a stapler pin was central incisor. lodged into the root canal of the left maxillary decidu- ous central incisor. Grossman and Heaton [7] reported retrieval of indelible ink pencil tips, brads, tooth picks, ad- CASE REPORT sorbent points and even a tomato seed from the root can- als of anterior teeth left open for drainage. A radiograph A 7-year-old boy reported to the Department of Oral can be of diagnostic significance especially if the foreign Medicine and Radiology, with a chief complaint of a pain object is radioopaque. McAuliffe et al. [5] summarized in upper left back region that started 8 days ago. Pain was various radiographic methods useful to localize radio- moderate, intermittent, throbbing, non-radiating, non- opaque foreign objects as Parallax views, Triangulation referred and relieved by medications (Figure 1). An x- techniques, Stereo Radiography and Tomography. Special- ray was advised for the upper left deciduous first molar. ized radiographic techniques such as radiovisiography, 3D Occlusal caries was seen on the tooth 64 along with a CAT scans can play a pivotal role in localization of foreign radioopaque object resembling a stapler pin in root canal objects inside the root canal. space of deciduous maxillary left central incisor which For retrieval of foreign objects from the pulp chamber was superimposed with unerupted upper left permanent or canal, ultrasonic instruments [8], the Masserann kit
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Figure 1. Clinical view of deciduous left maxillary central incisor Slika 1. Klinički izgled mlečnog gornjeg levog centralnog sekutića
Figure 3. Extracted deciduous left maxillary central incisor with present foreign object, stapler pin, in the root canal Slika 3. Izvađen mlečni gornji levi centralni sekutić sa stanim telom, municijom za heftalicu, u kanalu korena
This incident highlights the fact that parents should be advised to keep small objects out of reach of children. Although the presence of foreign objects retrieved from the root canals and pulp chambers of the permanent teeth have been reported, the presence of foreign objects found in the deciduous teeth is an uncommon situation.
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Neobičan slučajan radiografski nalaz – municija za heftalicu: prikaz slučaja
Smita Kamtane1, Monali Godke2 1Katedra za oralnu medicinu i radiologiju, Stomatološki fakultet „Dr D. J. Patil“, Pune, Indija; 2Katedra za oralnu i maksilofacijalnu hirurgiju, Stomatološki fakultet i bolnica „Sinhgad“, Pune, Indija
KRATAK SADRŽAJ Nalaz stranog tela u zubu nije čest. Deca imaju običaj da unose strane predmete u usta. Neki od ovih predmeta mogu se slučajno pro gutati ili čak udahnuti u disajne puteve, što može biti veoma zastrašujuće i stresno iskustvo. Ovo je prikaz sedmogodišnjeg dečaka koji je došao na pregled i kod koga je pronađena municija za heftalicu u kanalu korena mlečnog maksilarnog levog centralnog sekutića. Ključne reči: strana tela; heftalica; mlečni zubi
UVOD nicao (Slika 3). Blagovremeno postavljena dijagnoza i brzo le čenje sprečili su nastanak daljih komplikacija, kao što su bol, Gutanje ili aspiracija različitih stranih tela je čest hitni slučaj u krvarenje i infekcija. pedijatriji. Otkriće stranih tela u zubima je posebna situacija, koja se često dijagnostikuje slučajno. Neophodno je saznati de taljnu istoriju slučaja i obaviti detaljne kliničke i radiografske DISKUSIJA preglede, da bi se zaključilo o prirodi, veličini i lokaciji stranog tela, te mogućim teškoćama u njegovom pronalaženju. Ponekad U literaturi se može pronaći mnoštvo podataka o različitim su strana tela zaglavljena u kanalu korena zuba, a deca često iz stranim telima koja su prona lažena u komo ri pulpe i kanalu straha prećute to svojim roditeljima. Zbog toga je ovakva situ korena, kao što su: mine za olovke [2], igle za šivenje [3], me acija kod dece češća. Najveći broj slučajeva slučajnog gutanja ili talni šrafovi [4], perle [5] i municija za heftalicu [6]. U našem aspiracije stranih tela dešava se kod dece uzrasta od šest meseci prikazu slučaja municija za heftalicu je pronađena u kanalu do tri godine i obuhvata različite predmete, kao što su novčići, korena mlečnog maksilarnog levog centralnog sekutića. Gro klikeri, igle, ključevi, prstenje i igračkice [1]. Takođe, kao posle sman (Grossman) i Hiton (Heaton) [7] su naveli i ponalaženje dica navike dece da stavljaju strane predmete u usta može doći i vrha hemijske olovke, čiode, čačkalice, adsorbujućih poena i do povrede tvrdih i mekih tkiva u ustima. Ova strana tela mogu semenki paradajza u kanalu korena prednjih zuba koji su bili delovati kao potencijalni izvor infekcije i ponekad mogu u ka ostavljeni otvoreni zbog drenaže. Radiografija je od posebnog snijem stadijumu dovesti do bolnih stanja. Sledi prikaz dečaka dijagnostičkog značaja, naročito ako je strano telo radioopak kod kojeg je slučajno pronađena municija za heftalicu na snim no. Makolif (McAuliffe) i saradnici [5] su prikazali različite ku karijesnog mlečnog maksilarnog levog centralnog sekutića. radiografske metode koje mogu biti korisne u lokalizovanju radioopaknog stranog tela. To su paralelne metode, tehnika triangulacije, stereo radiografija i tomografija. Specijalizovane PRIKAZ SLUČAJA radiografske tehnike, kao što su radiovizi ografija i trodimenzi onalno CAT skeniranje, mogu imati ključnu ulogu u lokalizaciji Sedmogodišnji dečak je primljen na Odeljenje za oralnu medi stranih tela unutar kanala korena. cinu i radiologiju sa glavnim tegobama u vidu bola u gornjem Za uklanjanje stranih tela iz komore pulpe ili kanala mogu levom bočnom regionu koji je trajao duže od osam dana. Bol je se koristiti ultrazvučni instrumenti [8], komplet Masserann bio umeren, povremen, potmuo, nije iradirao u druge delove i [9] i modifikovani Kastroveihovi (Castroveijo) nosači igle [10]. nije prestajao nakon uzimanja analge tika (Slika 1). Načinjen je Etilendiamintetrasirćetna kiselina je takođe korisna za pod snimak gornjeg levog mlečnog prvog molara. Na rendgenskom mazivanje kanala prilikom uklanjanja stranog tela. Šteglicova snimku uočen je okluzalni karijes na zubu 64. Takođe, radio (Steglitz) klešta su takođe dobra za uklanjanje srebrnih kočića opakni objekat nalik municiji za heftalicu uočen je u kanalu iz kanala korena. Makalok (McCullock) [11] predlaže uklanja korena mlečnog maksilarnog levog centralnog sekutića. On je nje male količine strukture zuba da bi se pristupilo stranom bio superponiran sa još neizniklim gornjim stalnim levim cen telu. Valvekar (Walvekar) i saradnici [12] smatraju da, ako je tralnim sekutićem (Slika 2). Da bismo lokalizovali ovaj predmet, strano telo čvrsto zaglavljeno u kanalu, ono se prvo mora ola načinjeno je još nekoliko snimaka s pomerenim uglom. Potom baviti pa onda tek ukloniti minimalnim oštećenjem unutrašnje je ispitivanjem utvrđeno da se dete igralo heftalicom nedelju strukture zuba, kako ne bi došlo do perforacije korena. Ako se dana ranije, kada se municija heftalice zaglavila u njegovom strana tela ne uklone na vreme, može doći do daljih komplika zubu. Dete je bezuspešno poku šavalo da ukloni strano telo iz cija. Goldštajn (Goldstein) i saradnici [13] su opisali nastanak zuba. Dete ovaj incident nije prijavilo roditeljima jer se bojalo aktinomikoze nakon što je komad nakita dospeo u maksilar kazne. Na sreću, vreme kada se on desio (vreme nicanja stalnog ni centralni sekutić. S druge strane, Kosta (Costa) i saradnici zuba) omogućilo je da se problem reši vađenjem zuba (nakon [14] opisali su hronični maksilarni sinuzitis zubnog porekla dobijanja pisane saglasnosti roditelja). Mlečni maksilarni le koji je nastao zbog prolaska stranih tela kroz kanal korena u vi centralni sekutić je izvađen, a stalni centralni sekutić je već maksilarni sinus. Teške komplikacije, poput pucanja zajedničke 48 Kamtane S. et Ghodke M. An Unusual Incidental Radiographic Finding – A Stapler Pin: A Case Report
karotidne arterije, aortne pseudoaneurizme, oštećenja sluzoko incidentu dok strano telo nije slučajno otkriveno na periapi že jednjaka i nastanak fistula, perikarditisa i tamponade srca, kalnom radiogramu. takođe su opisa ne u literaturi [5, 6]. Pokušaj deteta ili roditelja Ovaj incident ukazuje na činjenicu da rodi telji moraju držati da uklone strano telo može izazvati nenamerne komplikacije sitne objekte van domašaja dece. Iako postojanje stranih pred u vidu aspiracije ili gutanja stranog tela s teškim posledicama. meta u kanalu korena stalnih zuba nije retka pojava, prisustvo U prikazanom slučaju dete nije obavestilo roditelje o ovom stranih predmeta kod mlečnih zuba jeste.