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- Title
Abdominal wall metastasis following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in a case of carcinoma larynx.
- Authors
Jain, Sudhir Kumar; Stoker, David L.
- Abstract
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a safe and easy procedure to provide enteral nutrition in patients suffering from advanced malignancy of upper aerodigestive tract However, with published reports of abdominal wall metastasis after PEG in Head and Neck malignancies, a serious doubt has been raised about continuation of PEG in upper aerodigestive malignancies. In this communication, we report one such case along with relevant review of literature.
- Subjects
PERCUTANEOUS endoscopic gastrostomy; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; GASTROSTOMY; LARYNGEAL cancer
- Publication
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2005, Vol 67, Issue 3, p145
- ISSN
0972-2068
- Publication type
Article