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. 1997 Jul;73(861):430–432. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.861.430

Tumour seeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in head and neck cancer.

D Thorburn 1, S N Karim 1, D S Soutar 1, P R Mills 1
PMCID: PMC2431414  PMID: 9338033

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with advanced squamous carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx and hypopharynx who developed metastatic gastric deposits occurring at the site of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, inserted 10 months previously by the pull technique. We review seven previous reports of tumour deposits occurring at the site of placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck cancer, and consider alternative methods of enteral feeding in such patients.

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