[Lethal complication related to the per-operative insertion of a naso-gastric tube. A case (author's transl)].
The patient who was operated on for the recurrence of a colic cancer had an unknown pituitary adenoma. The adenoma was destructing partly the anterior basis of the skull and was protruding in the nasal fossae. The naso-gastric tube entered without any difficulty the right cerebral hemisphere creating lethal cerebral lesions. Some reflexions determined by this very rare condition are discussed.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
Adénome de l'hypophyse méconnu. Perforation accidentelle mortelle lors de la pose d'une sonde gastrique.