[Severe diarrhea after the original well-functioning percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube was replaced by a Mic-Key button].
We report two cases of colocutaneous fistula as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in small children. Both children developed severe osmotic diarrhoea immediately after the original PEG tube was replaced by a Mic-Key button which subsequently migrated to the colon.
Jensen
Susanne Wigh
SW
Sygehus, Børneafdelingen og Medicinsk Afdeling, Herning. hecswj@ringamt.dk
Eriksen
Jan
J
Kristensen
Kurt
K
D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male