Acute obstructive pancreatitis secondary to migration of a gastrostomy tube into duodenum

Waka Yanagisawa; Daniel DongKuen Oh; Dinushi Perera; Sebastian Rodrigues

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5405

Acute obstructive pancreatitis secondary to migration of a gastrostomy tube into duodenum

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 4;10(2):e05405. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5405. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Waka Yanagisawa¹, Daniel DongKuen Oh^{1

2}, Dinushi Perera¹, Sebastian Rodrigues¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery Dubbo Hospital Dubbo New South Wales Australia.
² Central Clinical School University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia.

Abstract

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is a common procedure. This discusses the rare complication of acute pancreatitis, due to tube migration, causing obstruction of the ampulla of Vater. Radiological confirmation of tubes prior to the usage may aid in preventing this reversible complication.

Keywords: PEG tube migration; acute pancreatitis; obstructive pancreatitis.

Publication types

Case Reports