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Obstructive Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to PEG Tube Migration

Author(s) -

Douglas F. Taylor,

Ryan Cho,

Allan Cho,

Viet D. Nguyen,

Abhijit Sunnapwar,

Craig Womeldorph

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

acg case reports journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2326-3253

DOI - 10.14309/crj.2016.123

Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , parenteral nutrition , feeding tube , perforation , pancreatitis , enteral administration , gastrostomy , percutaneous , bacterial translocation , gastrointestinal tract , surgery , intensive care medicine , gastroenterology , peg ratio , chromosomal translocation , biochemistry , punching , materials science , chemistry , finance , gene , economics , metallurgy

Percutaneous gastrostomy is a well-established method of providing enteral nutrition to patients incapable of oral intake, or for whom oral intake is insufficient to meet metabolic needs. In comparison to total parenteral nutrition, enteral feeding is advantageous in that it helps maintain gut mucosal integrity, which decreases the risk of bacterial translocation through the gastrointestinal tract. Complications include bleeding, aspiration, internal organ injury, perforation, periostomal leaks, tube dislodgement, and occlusion. Acute pancreatitis secondary to percutaneous gastrostomy tube migration is rare. We present a patient with acute obstructive pancreatitis secondary to percutaneous gastrostomy tube migration.

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