Tumour seeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in head and neck cancer
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 73 (861) , 430-432
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.73.861.430
Abstract
Summary: We report the case of a patient with advanced squamous carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx and hypopharynx who developed metastatic gastric deposits occurring at the site of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, inserted 10 months previously by the pull technique. We review seven previous reports of tumour deposits occurring at the site of placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck cancer, and consider alternative methods of enteral feeding in such patients.Keywords
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