## Abstract ## Background. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is a safe and widely accepted alternate route for enteral alimentation in the head and neck cancer patient population. Cancer metastatic to a PEG tube exit site is a rare but serious complication of this procedure.
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Metastatic seeding of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site from head and neck cancer
โ Scribed by John Y. Lim; Paul J. Donald
- Book ID
- 117402275
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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## Abstract Two unusual cases of metastatic head and neck carcinoma to the exit site of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube are reported. These patients presented with squamous cell carcinomas of the supraglottic larynx and oropharynx. In both patients, a PEG tube was inserted using th