SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (Sep 2023)

Complete migration of a fully covered self-expandable metallic stent after endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: A case report

  • Fumimasa Tomooka,
  • Koh Kitagawa,
  • Akira Mitoro,
  • Yuki Motokawa,
  • Masayoshi Takami,
  • Shohei Asada,
  • Norihisa Nishimura,
  • Takahiro Ozutsumi,
  • Yukihisa Fujinaga,
  • Hitoshi Yoshiji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231200290
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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A male patient underwent gastrojejunal bypass surgery in 2017. In 2020, he was referred to our hospital for suspected obstructive jaundice. Subsequently, he was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was attempted via balloon-assisted enteroscopy. However, the endoscope did not reach the duodenal papilla owing to the abdomen–small intestine adhesion. Therefore, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy was performed using a dedicated plastic stent. After stent placement, obstructive jaundice and cholangitis promptly improved. However, we replaced the plastic stent with a fully covered self-expandable metal stent because stent occlusions occurred frequently. Two months after fully covered self-expandable metal stent placement, the patient developed cholangitis again. Notably, during the endoscopic procedure, the stent was found to be completely migrated. Nevertheless, the fistula was still open, and the patient was successfully retreated with the maintained fistula of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy.