Preexisting Gastric Carcinoid in a Gastro-omental Free Flap
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Vol. 47 (4) , 435-437
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000637-200110000-00013
Abstract
The authors present a 72-year-old man with an extensive medical history including stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the right pyriform sinus diagnosed approximately 10 years before this report. They were asked to evaluate the patient for esophageal reconstruction after local radiation had led to benign stricture of his esophagus and subsequent development of a large, draining esophagocutaneous fistula. A gastro-omental free flap reconstruction of the esophagus and overlying skin defect was complicated by the intraoperative diagnosis of gastric carcinoid obtained from several polyps noticed on the gastric mucosa on routine inspection. This case report signifies the importance of close inspection of all free tissue transfers before interposition. Failure to do so could result in disastrous outcomes. Rich BC, Medalie DA, White MJ. Preexisting gastric carcinoid in a gastro-omental free flap. Ann Plast Surg 2001;47:435–437Keywords
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