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30/Oct/2020
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC5409
ABSTRACT Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is used to provide enteral nutritional support for patients with obstructive oropharyngeal or esophageal neoplasms. The placement of the catheter is considered safe, with few complications. Despite this, a specific complication that is considered rare, has been increasingly described in the literature, i.e., metastasis of head and neck cancer in the gastrostomy stoma. In this report, we described a case of metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx in the gastrostomy site, and discussed the […]
Keywords: Carcinoma, squamous cell; Enteral nutrition; Gastrostomy; Head and neck neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis