Naslov
Gastric Tube Ulcer Perforating the Pericardium after Subtotal Esophagectomy

Autori
Nikolić, Igor ; Stančić-Rokotov, Dinko ; Špiček Macan, Jasna ; Korušić, Anđelko ; Mikecin, Verica ; Đuzel, Viktor

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 37 (2013), 2; 615-618

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, stručni

Ključne riječi
Squamous cell carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Thoracic surgical procedures; Ulcer; Pericardium

Sažetak
Subtotal esophagectomy with retrosternal transposition of the gastric tube to the neck was performed in a 62-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal third of the esophagus. He developed a salivatory fistula in the early postoperative period that healed spontaneously. Five months later, the patient developed partial stenosis of the esophagogastric anastomosis which required recervicotomy and excision, after numerous failed dilatation attempts. Eighteen months later, the patient presented to the hospital for severe pain in the upper abdomen. Clinical work-up revealed pericardial perforation by the gastric tube ulcer necessitating emergent surgery and gastric tube removal.We present a patient who developed both early and late complications of subtotal esophagectomy with gastric tube transposition as well as a review of the literature.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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