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Case Reports
. 2006 Mar 6;168(10):1038-9.

[Severe diarrhea after the original well-functioning percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube was replaced by a Mic-Key button]

[Article in Danish]
Susanne Wigh Jensen  1 , Jan Eriksen, Kurt Kristensen
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  • PMID: 16522299
Case Reports

[Severe diarrhea after the original well-functioning percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube was replaced by a Mic-Key button]

[Article in Danish]
Susanne Wigh Jensen et al. Ugeskr Laeger. .

Abstract

We report two cases of colocutaneous fistula as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in small children. Both children developed severe osmotic diarrhoea immediately after the original PEG tube was replaced by a Mic-Key button which subsequently migrated to the colon.

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