Obstruction, migration and endoscopic removal of a self expandable metal stent placed in the oesophagus. A case report

Aims: At admission patients with oesophageal carcinoma are sometimes at an advanced stage and are no longer candidates for curative surgical resection. For these, radio-chemotherapy and palliative methods are left. Nowadays for patients with high grade stenosis endoscopically placed prostheses are used and self-expandable metal stents are preferred. Case report: We report a case of a 59 years old man who has diabetes mellitus and advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with dysphagia for solids and liquids. Brachytherapy was started and he was fed via a nasogastric tube. During this treatment bronchopneumon…