Retrograde Migration of a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastro-Jejunal Tube Into the Esophagus

Binyamin R Abramowitz; Jude Noel; Sushil Ahlawat

doi:10.7759/cureus.52105

Retrograde Migration of a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastro-Jejunal Tube Into the Esophagus

Cureus. 2024 Jan 11;16(1):e52105. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52105. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Binyamin R Abramowitz¹, Jude Noel², Sushil Ahlawat²

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, USA.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, USA.

Abstract

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and percutaneous endoscopic gastro-jejunal (PEG-J) tube placement are both common procedures regularly performed on patients requiring nutritional support. These procedures may be complicated by infection, hemorrhage, fistulization, or tube migration. We present an extremely rare case of a patient with a PEG-J tube that migrated into the esophagus.

Keywords: aspiration pneumonia; enteral nutrition; gastrojejunostomy; percutaneous endoscopic gastro-jejunostomy; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; tube feeds; tube migration.

Publication types

Case Reports