Endoscopic retrieval of a migrated stent after endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy.

choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) is reported with increasing frequency [1]. While stent migration into the bile duct is a possible complication of EUS-CDS, it has not previously been reported. We describe a case of complete stent migration into the bile duct, where the stent was successfully retrieved by inserting an endoscope directly into the bile duct after balloon dilation of the duodenal fistula. A 73-year-old woman presented to our institutionwith recurrent cholangitis due to a congenital choledochal cyst. She underwent percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) after failed biliary cannulation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. However, she could no longer tolerate the PTBD tube. Thus EUS-CDS was performed via the duodenal bulb followed by placement of two double-pigtail stents. After 1 month, the woman developed acute cholangitis. Urgent endoscopy revealed that one of the biliary stents hadmigrated completely into the bile duct. The migrated stent could not be grasped under fluoroscopic guidance. A guidewire was passed through the choledochoduodenal fistula along the remaining stent, and the fistula was dilated with a 15-mm dilation balloon (CRE; Boston-Scientific, Natick, Massachusetts, USA; ●" Fig. 1). Then an endoscope was directly advanced into the bile duct through the dilated fistula. Direct cholangioscopy revealed that the two double-pigtail stents were entwined with each other (●" Fig. 2). Under endoscopic guidance, the stents were disentangled using a forceps. Then the distal end of the migrated stent was grasped with a snare (●" Fig. 3) and pulled from the bile duct to the duodenal bulb (●" Fig. 4,●" Video 1). No procedure-related complications occurred, and the patient was discharged after the PTBD tube had been removed. The management of stent migration after EUS-CDS is technically more challenging than endoscopic removal of a migrated stent via the papilla [2–4]. Transmural direct cholangioscopy through the choledochoduodenostomy fistula was effective for retrieving the migrated stent. Endoscopic retrieval of a migrated stent after endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy