Metastasis to the gastrostomy site in a patient with pharynx cancer after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report

Miroslav Vujasinovica Department of Upper Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]

Åke Östc Medilab – Täby, Sweden Medilab, Täby, Sweden

Rusana Barkd Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital;e Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Torkel Brismare Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;f Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Boel Hynningb Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Mats Lindblada Department of Upper Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;e Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Peter Elbea Department of Upper Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;e Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Abstract

A stenosing tumour in the throat region is a common indication for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), which may be used for enteral nutrition in palliative cases or placed prior to curative treatment (surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy) and removed when the patient has recovered and has a reliable and adequate oral intake. Major complications related to PEG are rare, but their treatment poses a challenge. We are presenting a case of the transmission of metastasis to the gastrostomy site in a patient with pharynx cancer after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

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