Iatrogenic traumatic pontine injury from nasogastric tube insertion in a patient with an occult clival chordoma

ANZ J Surg. 2021 Sep;91(9):E617-E618. doi: 10.1111/ans.16614. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Authors

Christopher G Shafik¹, Madeleine L Buck¹, Alfredo J de Faria Freitas¹, Benjamin J Dixon^{2

3}, Rana Dhillon¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 33484228
DOI: 10.1111/ans.16614

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Chordoma* / diagnostic imaging
Chordoma* / surgery
Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Intubation, Gastrointestinal / adverse effects
Skull Base Neoplasms*