title: Acute gastric dilatation--a delayed complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: Acute gastric dilatation presenting 15 months after a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is reported. The gastric dilatation was associated with local sepsis around the gastrostomy and resolved after removal of the gastrostomy tube.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications*