Metastasis of carcinosarcoma of oesophagus to gastrostomy site.

Hassan Hameed, Yakub Iqbal Khan

Journal: The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery 2010;47(8):643-4

PMID: 19117643

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Abstract

Patients with head and neck cancers need a percutaneous endoscopic gastrosotomy (PEG) before start of treatment to ensure adequate nutrition because worsening dysphagia during chemo radiation [Nicholson FB, Korman MG, Richardson MA. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a review of indications, complications and outcome. J. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000; 15: 21-5; Beer KT, Krause KB, Zuercher T, Stanga Z. Early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion maintains nutritional state in patients with aerodigestive tract cancer. Nutr Cancer 2005; 52: 29-34.]. However implantation of original tumor to the gastrostomy exit site is rare but serious complication of this procedure and here we report a case of PEG site metastasis along with relevant review of literature.

Address: Department of Medicine, Shakat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.015

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MeSH Terms: Carcinosarcoma, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Disease Progression, Esophageal Neoplasms, Follow-Up Studies, Gastroscopy, Gastrostomy, Humans, Male, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Stomach Neoplasms, Young Adult