Gastric ulceration following oesophageal stent migration complicating surgical management of oesophageal cancer

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Oesophageal, fully covered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) allow palliation of dysphagia so as to support nutrition during neoadjuvant therapy. We present a 68-year old man with an oesophageal adenocarcinoma (T3N1M0) who had a fully covered oesophageal SEMS placed prior to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Repeat endoscopy 8 weeks later (for stent removal) showed that the stent had migrated and impacted upon the greater curvature of the stomach with a resultant ulcer. Surgery was delayed and, 10 weeks following the cessation of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, this patient underwent a right thoracoabdominal oesophagogastrectomy. Operative findings included an erosion of the stent-induced gastric ulcer into the body of the pancreas and showed that the ulcerated tumour had become adherent to the thoracic aorta. This report demonstrates that the complications of stent migration can significantly impact upon surgical resection at multiple levels and provides a case for the routine removal of stents used in the neoadjuvant setting. © 2012 The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

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Markar, S. R., Ross, A., & Low, D. E. (2012). Gastric ulceration following oesophageal stent migration complicating surgical management of oesophageal cancer. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 15(2), 320–322. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivs211

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