Double Sigmoid colon perforation due to migration of a biliary stent

B Malgras; C Pierret; J-P Tourtier; G Olagui; C Nizou; V Duverger

doi:10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2011.09.011

Double Sigmoid colon perforation due to migration of a biliary stent

J Visc Surg. 2011 Oct;148(5):e397-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2011.09.011. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Authors

B Malgras¹, C Pierret, J-P Tourtier, G Olagui, C Nizou, V Duverger

Affiliation

¹ Service de chirurgie viscérale et vasculaire, HIA Bégin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94067 Saint-Mandé, France. [email protected]

PMID: 22075561
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2011.09.011

Abstract

Migration of pancreatico-biliary stents is a rare event, usually benign, but which can lead to severe complications such as digestive tube perforation. We report the case of a patient with double sigmoid perforation due to distal migration of a biliary stent placed to decompress a pancreatic head carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bile Ducts*
Colon, Sigmoid / diagnostic imaging*
Colon, Sigmoid / injuries*
Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
Foreign-Body Migration / complications
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
Intestinal Perforation / etiology
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Male
Radiography
Stents / adverse effects*