Steerable catheter fluoroscopy in total esophageal obstruction.
We describe a patient with malignant esophageal obstruction in whom the lumen of the esophagus could not be identified at endoscopy. Contrast fluoroscopy using a steerable catheter allowed safe placement of a nasoduodenal feeding tube.
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004947:Esophagus; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male