Appendiceal perforation due to biliary stent migration in a neutropenic patient with lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: A case report
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Arto Turunen; Gabriella Giarratano; Ari Palomäki; Jevgeni Katunin; Pierpaolo Sileri; Aristotelis Kechagias; Pasi Pengermä
- Source
- Mol Clin Oncol
- Subject
- Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Neutropenic enterocolitis
medicine.medical_treatment
Perforation (oil well)
Biliary stent
03 medical and health sciences
Stent migration
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Lung cancer
Appendiceal perforation
Gangrene
Chemotherapy
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Cancer
Articles
medicine.disease
equipment and supplies
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Duodenum
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
business
Topotecan
- Language
- ISSN
- 2049-9450
The use of biliary stents has become a common and usually safe procedure. However, the migration of biliary stents is an uncommon but well-recognized event after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The migration of plastic stents usually does not result in complications and are spontane-ously eliminated from the gastro-intestinal tract. Additionally