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Spontaneous antegrade enteral migration of feeding jejunostomy tube.

Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 24(2):74.
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT 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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Keywords

18-year-old man
 
18F Levine's tube
 
corrosive stricture
 
gut
 
Serial radiographs
 
Spontaneous migration
 
steady progress
 
tubes
 
upper esophagus