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Acta Radiologica Volume 29, 1988 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Catheter perforation of distal oesophagus with duodenal re-entry of catheter

Report of a case

T. Bundgaard Ent Department, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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H. Kristensen Ent Department, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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F. Lesak Ent Department, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
Pages 211-212 | Accepted 18 Aug 1987, Published online: 07 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

An unusual case of perforation of the oesophagus is presented. A nasogastric tube had perforated the oesophagus and re-penetrated into the duodenum, and thereby re-entered the gastrointestinal tract without perforating the peritoneum and without causing the classical clinical signs of oesophageal perforation. Treatment was started 31 days after the perforation

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