Abstract:A two-year-old girl with two weeks of abdominal pain, vomiting, and food refusal, ten months after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion because of inadequate peroral intake, was admitted to a tertiary centre hospital. On admission, the extracorporeal part of the gastrostomy was much shortened. X-ray examination revealed migration of the end of the gastrostomy tube with a left-shifted course of the tube through the duodenum. Gastroscopy and subsequently laparotomy were performed. A longitudinal pressur… Show more
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