Oesophageal stent slippage

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad , 9 Oct 2022
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad, 26 Jun 2024 at 5:19 AM UTC
Disclosures - updated 31 May 2024: Nothing to disclose

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
Migrated oesophagealOesophageal stent slippage
Presentation was changed:
Known case of oesophageal cancer with recently exacerbated dysphagia.
Body was changed:

OesophagealThis case demonstrates oesophageal stent slippage.

These stents are widely used for the palliative treatment of inoperable oesophageal malignancies.

  • -<p>Oesophageal stents are widely used for the palliative treatment of inoperable <a href="/articles/oesophageal-carcinoma-1" title="Oesophageal malignancy">oesophageal malignancies</a>.</p>
  • +<p>This case demonstrates <a href="/articles/oesophageal-stent" title="Oesophageal stent">oesophageal stent</a> slippage. </p><p>These stents are widely used for the palliative treatment of inoperable oesophageal malignancies.</p>

Tags changed:

  • oesophagus
  • malignancy
  • stent

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Title was removed:
Migrated oesophageal stent
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Slug was set to slippaged-oesophageal-stent.
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Slug was set to oesophageal-stent-3.
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Slug was set to oesophageal-stent-slippa.
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Updates to Primarylink Attributes

Title was added:
Oesophageal stent slippage
Slug was set to oesophageal-stent-slippage.
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Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Shouldering stricture is present at the distal of the oesophagus, and a stent is inserted in the diseased segment that is displaced inferiorly toward the stomach. No sign of contrast media leakage is noted.

Caption was added:
Barium swallow
Images Changes:

Image 1 Fluoroscopy (Oblique) ( create )

Annotation 21762 changed from ,0 arrows,0 labels to shouldering stricture,2 arrows,1 label.

Image 1 Fluoroscopy (Oblique) ( create )

Annotation 21763 changed from ,0 arrows,0 labels to stent,2 arrows,1 label.

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