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Early removal of a percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) tube commonly causes pneumoperitoneum. However, we encountered a patient who developed pneumoperitoneum even with an indwelling PTBD tube. An 84-year-old man...
Acute biliary obstruction after placement of an uncovered gastroduodenal stent is an uncommon complication. In the present report, we introduce two cases of acute obstructive jaundice after uncovered pyloric and...
Kawakubo K, Isayama H, Nakai Y, Sasahira N, Kogure H, Sasaki T, Hirano K, Tada M, Koike K
KMID: 2053506
Gut Liver.
2012 Jul;6(3):399-402.
Patients with pancreatic cancer frequently suffer from both biliary and duodenal obstruction. For such patients, both biliary and duodenal self-expandable metal stent placement is necessary to palliate their symptoms, but...
We report a rare case of cervical cancer with duodenal obstruction accompanied by obstructive symptoms, which was treated using duodenal stenting. A 48-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage IV cervical...