Metastatic esophageal cancer leading to gastric perforation after repeat PEG placement.
Various complications from percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy have been reported. We describe a case of pneumoperitoneum after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement because of gastric wall weakening from malignant stomal seeding and, possibly, from chemoradiation.
Hosseini
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University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
Lee
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012086:Reoperation; D013270:Stomach / Q000293:injuries*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*