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CT findings in gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

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We describe the CT findings in an initially asymptomatic boy aged 2 years 9 months with a gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement. The findings consisted of an unusual configuration of the gastrostomy tubing on an abdominal radiograph and upper gastrointestinal study indicating the possibility of transcolic PEG placement, which was confirmed with limited section CT. This well-known and major complication following a common procedure may be recognized on plain abdominal radiography, but it has not to our knowledge been documented previously on CT in a child.

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  1. Suki Brown

    Present address: Radiology Department, St. George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW170QT, UK

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  1. Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Suki Brown & Kieran McHugh

  2. Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Sarah Ledermann

  3. Department of Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Agostino Pierro

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Brown, S., McHugh, K., Ledermann, S. et al. CT findings in gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Pediatr Radiol 37, 229–231 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0373-1

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