Spontaneous antegrade enteral migration of feeding jejunostomy tube.
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2005-03-10
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Spontaneous migration of enteral feeding tubes is unusual. We report an 18-year-old man with corrosive stricture of the upper esophagus in whom feeding jejunostomy was performed using an 18F Levine's tube. Thirteen months later, he presented with absence of the tube. The patient was tolerating liquid diet and was managed conservatively. Serial radiographs and colonoscopy showed a steady progress of the tube through the gut. The tube was passed out spontaneously after 20 days.
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Bose AC, Shankar RR, Kate V, Ananthakrishnan N. Spontaneous antegrade enteral migration of feeding jejunostomy tube. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2005 Mar-Apr; 24(2): 74