Late complications of self-expandable metallic stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction

Intern Med. 2014;53(24):2773-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2936. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Abstract

The patient was a 68-year-old man with pancreatic cancer exhibiting invasion into the superior mesenteric artery and stenosis of the third part of the duodenum. He subsequently received a duodenal stent for malignant gastric outlet obstruction. On day 43 after the placement of the duodenal stent, he reported feeling poorly, with hypotension and hematemesis. High-density areas were observed from the stomach to the rectum on computed tomography. We diagnosed the origin of bleeding as the last third of the duodenum; unfortunately, the patient died. This is the first report of massive gastrointestinal tract bleeding as a late complication of self-expandable metallic stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Duodenum / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / etiology*
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / physiopathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Stents / adverse effects*