Published January 1998
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Journal article
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Due to Duodenal Erosion by a Biliary Wallstent
Creators
- 1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (United States)
- 2. Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (United States)
- 3. Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (United States)
- 4. Department of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (United States)
Description
A self-expanding metallic stent (Wallstent) was used to relieve obstruction of the common bile duct in a young male with a desmoplastic small cell tumor of the abdomen. Two months after insertion and following a course of chemotherapy the lower end of the stent eroded the mucosa of the second part of the duodenum causing severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage which necessitated laparotomy and trimming of the stent. This complication may have been due to shrinking of the tumor as well as thrombocytopenia following chemotherapy
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 63-65
- ISSN
- 0174-1551
- CODEN
- CAIRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39093106
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABDOMEN; BILIARY TRACT; CHEMOTHERAPY; HEMORRHAGE; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; NEOPLASMS; SMALL INTESTINE
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINES; MEDICINE; MEMBRANES; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 1998 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.