title: Case report: intestinal perforation--an unusual complication of endoscopic biliary stenting.
abstract: The endoscopic placement of stents to decompress biliary obstruction is accepted practice in the management of malignant biliary strictures. In our patient, a 73-year-old man with a presumed malignant common hepatic duct stricture, palliation of his obstructive jaundice has been achieved. However, his clinical course was complicated by a colonic perforation--a previously unreported complication of distal stent migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Costa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toy
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*