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A 54-year-old woman with a history of esophageal adenocarcinoma suffered from obstructive jaundice after completing esophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction and adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy 1 year. An abdominal computed tomography showed that the common bile duct was compressed by metastatic lymphadenopathy. She received endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography first but it was failed in cannulation. Then, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) was performed with a partially covered metallic stent placed from the stomach to the left intrahepatic duct. Though aspiration pneumonia occurred after the procedure, she recovered on the next day. She resumed oral intake since the third day without fever or abdominal pain and she was discharged on the seventh day after the procedure. This is the second case report of placing a partially covered metallic stent through EUS-HGS in a patient with post esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction and it can be an alternative treatment.
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The author thanks the Endoscopy Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan for their support.
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Su, HJ. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in a patient with post esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction: a case report. Clin J Gastroenterol 16, 142–145 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-022-01748-9
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