Fatal biliary-pulmonary fistula due to a proximally migrating biliary stent
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Fatal biliary-pulmonary fistula due to a proximally migrating biliary stent.
Biliary stent migration occurs in approximately 6% of patients, with the stent migrating proximally in half of cases [1, 2]. Endoscopic retrieval of the proximally migrated stent can be problematic; however, good success rates are achievable [3]. In February 2013, a 62-year-old man with known recurrent pneumonia presented with shortness of breath and a productive cough that had been present for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1344570