Rare case of dual gastrointestinal perforations

David Hudson; Jonathan Foo; Jason Robertson

doi:10.1136/bcr-2019-233658

Rare case of dual gastrointestinal perforations

David Hudson
, Jonathan Foo
, Jason Robertson

Surgery

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A 49-year-old man presented to the nearest emergency department profoundly septic with significantly raised inflammatory markers. He had a background of floor of mouth invasive squamous cell carcinoma for which he underwent complex head and neck surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and insertion of a percutaneous gastrostomy tube for feeding. He experienced 3 weeks of retching, cough and malaise. Imaging revealed both an oesophageal perforation and perforated duodenal ulcer, presumed secondary to oesophageal stricturing from his prior surgery and radiotherapy.

Original language	English
Article number	e233658
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-233658
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2020

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