Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Page 386 , May 2010

Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma metastasizes to the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site: A rare complication of PEG

  • Shan-Yueh Chang
    • ,
  • Wei-Kuo Chang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Number 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 23657137; fax: +886 2 87927042.

Received 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 24 January 2009.

Reference 

  1. Mitchell SC. Risk factors and risk reduction of malignant seeding of the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy track from pharyngoesophageal malignancy: a review of all 44 known reported cases. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;102:1307–1311

PII: S1590-8658(09)00034-6

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.01.017

Digestive and Liver Disease
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