Acute obstructive pancreatitis secondary to migration of a gastrostomy tube into duodenum

Waka Yanagisawa; Daniel DongKuen Oh; Dinushi Perera; Sebastian Rodrigues

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5405

Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2022)

Acute obstructive pancreatitis secondary to migration of a gastrostomy tube into duodenum

Waka Yanagisawa,
Daniel DongKuen Oh,
Dinushi Perera,
Sebastian Rodrigues

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Waka Yanagisawa: Department of General Surgery Dubbo Hospital Dubbo New South Wales Australia
Daniel DongKuen Oh: Department of General Surgery Dubbo Hospital Dubbo New South Wales Australia
Dinushi Perera: Department of General Surgery Dubbo Hospital Dubbo New South Wales Australia
Sebastian Rodrigues: Department of General Surgery Dubbo Hospital Dubbo New South Wales Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5405
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is a common procedure. This discusses the rare complication of acute pancreatitis, due to tube migration, causing obstruction of the ampulla of Vater. Radiological confirmation of tubes prior to the usage may aid in preventing this reversible complication.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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