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Epidural abscess: a delayed complication of esophageal stenting for benign stricture
N M Boulis1, W S Armstrong, W F Chandler
1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA. nboulis@umich.edu
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 4, 1999
Abstract:
A case of anterior cervical epidural abscess associated with perforation of an endoscopically placed esophageal stent is presented. Although delayed esophageal perforation is a known complication of endoscopic stenting, no cases presenting with epidural abscess have yet been reported. The increasing application of endoscopic stenting for benign esophageal strictures provides greater opportunity for this type of delayed complication.