DUODENAL PERFORATION BY A GREENFIELD FILTER - ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS

Authors
BIANCHINI AU MEHTA SN MULDER DS BARKUN AN MAYRAND S
Citation
Au. Bianchini et al., DUODENAL PERFORATION BY A GREENFIELD FILTER - ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS, The American journal of gastroenterology, 92(4), 1997, pp. 686-687
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
92
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
686 - 687
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1997)92:4<686:DPBAGF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Despite its proven safety and efficacy, complications from the Greenfi eld vena cava filter have been described. We report the unusual case o f a duodenal perforation by a filter in a 29-yr-old male. The diagnosi s was made incidentally at endoscopy.