title: CT findings in gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: We describe the CT findings in an initially asymptomatic boy aged 2 years 9 months with a gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement. The findings consisted of an unusual configuration of the gastrostomy tubing on an abdominal radiograph and upper gastrointestinal study indicating the possibility of transcolic PEG placement, which was confirmed with limited section CT. This well-known and major complication following a common procedure may be recognized on plain abdominal radiography, but it has not to our knowledge been documented previously on CT in a child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK. sukibrown@tiscali.co.uk
authors.forename: Suki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McHugh
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ledermann
authors.forename: Agostino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierro
mesh_terms: D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed