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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar 19;17(3):e259172.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259172.

Transgastric drainage for subdiaphragmatic abscess secondary to perforation of the sigmoid colon after cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer

Takuya Yokoe  1 , Hiroshi Shiraga  2 , Tsukasa Ikeura  3 , Masato Kita  2
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Transgastric drainage for subdiaphragmatic abscess secondary to perforation of the sigmoid colon after cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer

Takuya Yokoe et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Drainage of subdiaphragmatic abscesses is difficult due to its anatomical location and it can result in adverse events, including organ damage and the spread of infection. In recent years, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) guided drainage for upper abdominal abscesses has become available. We report a case of successful infection control using this procedure for a subdiaphragmatic cyst secondary to perforation of the sigmoid colon after cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer. A Japanese woman in her 60s underwent laparotomy for ovarian cancer, and then developed sigmoid colon perforation 6 days after surgery. The emergency reoperation was performed, and a cyst suspected to be an antibiotic-resistant fungal abscess appeared under the left diaphragm in the postoperative period. We adopted an EUS-guided route for diagnostic and therapeutic drainage method, which enabled shrinkage of the cyst and did not concur further adverse events. This procedure was effective as a minimally invasive drainage route for subdiaphragmatic cysts.

Keywords: Endoscopy; Obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility; Surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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