Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent

A 44-year-old male presented to the ER with severe abdominal pain and a reported syncope episode. Focused abdominal sonography in trauma and abdominal exam demonstrated free fluid and peritonitis. CT scan demonstrated a metallic object in the stomach with free air and fluid throughout the abdomen. T...

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Autores principales: Stauffer, Clyde M, Kulkarni, Mohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8101529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33968524
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14314
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description A 44-year-old male presented to the ER with severe abdominal pain and a reported syncope episode. Focused abdominal sonography in trauma and abdominal exam demonstrated free fluid and peritonitis. CT scan demonstrated a metallic object in the stomach with free air and fluid throughout the abdomen. The following report is a rare case presentation of a perforated stomach secondary to a migrated esophageal stent used for the treatment of a benign esophageal stricture refractory to other treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-81015292021-05-07 Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent Stauffer, Clyde M Kulkarni, Mohan Cureus Gastroenterology A 44-year-old male presented to the ER with severe abdominal pain and a reported syncope episode. Focused abdominal sonography in trauma and abdominal exam demonstrated free fluid and peritonitis. CT scan demonstrated a metallic object in the stomach with free air and fluid throughout the abdomen. The following report is a rare case presentation of a perforated stomach secondary to a migrated esophageal stent used for the treatment of a benign esophageal stricture refractory to other treatment modalities. Cureus 2021-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8101529/ /pubmed/33968524 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14314 Text en Copyright © 2021, Stauffer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent
title_fullStr Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent
title_full_unstemmed Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent
title_short Perforated Gastric Body Secondary to Migrated Esophageal Stent
title_sort perforated gastric body secondary to migrated esophageal stent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8101529/
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