Grilling 101: A Case of Ingested Grill Brush Bristle

We describe a case of an unusual and unexpected foreign body as the etiology for sore throat. Our patient developed throat pain after eating hamburgers prepared on a grill. She was found to have a grill brush bristle lodged in her vallecula. Because of their small size, brush bristles can be difficult to diagnose and, if left untreated, tend to imbed in surrounding tissues, leading to significant complications.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research