• Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Kalpanee Gunasingha, Joseph D Bozzay, Beau Munoz, and Debra L Malone.
• Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA rg1430@outlook.com.
• BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Mar 10; 14 (3).

AbstractAccidental ingestion of a grill brush wire bristle is a rare event. Retrieval rarely requires surgical intervention as the wire typically causes symptoms above the gastro-oesophageal junction and can frequently be removed endoscopically. There are few reported cases of gastrointestinal injury due to ingestion of wire bristles lodging past the gastro-oesophageal junction in adults. We present four cases of wire brush bristle ingestion that required operative intervention. Our case series illustrates how the commonly used wire grill brush may cause a serious injury. This diagnosis should be considered in patients who present with abdominal pain, non-specific symptoms and normal labs, with liner radio-opaque imaging findings and a history of grill use. Education as to the dangers of grill wire brushes to clean grills should be provided commercially.© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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