INTRAMURAL RUPTURE OF THE ESOPHAGUS - A RARE COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH NASOBILIARY CATHETER PLACEMENT

Authors
TAKAOKA M KUBOTA Y YAMAGUCHI T FUJIMURA K TANI K OGURA M TSUJI K ITOH T IRIE T MIZUNO T INOUE K
Citation
M. Takaoka et al., INTRAMURAL RUPTURE OF THE ESOPHAGUS - A RARE COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH NASOBILIARY CATHETER PLACEMENT, Internal medicine, 32(2), 1993, pp. 185-188
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
185 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1993)32:2<185:IROTE->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Intramural rupture of the esophagus developed after short-term nasobil iary catheter placement in an 87-year-old female with choledocholithia sis and suppurative cholangitis. Endoscopy revealed bleeding accompani ed by circumferential disruption of the mucosa along the lower third o f the esophagus. Withdrawal of the catheter and conservative treatment resulted in recovery of the lesion and relief of symptoms. This rare complication should be kept in mind during the placement of nasobiliar y catheter.