• Clinical imaging · Sep 2012

    Review Case Reports

    Inadvertent insertion of a nasogastric tube into the brain: case report and review of the literature.

    • Kyriakos Psarras, Miltiadis A Lalountas, Nikolaos G Symeonidis, Minas Baltatzis, Efstathios T Pavlidis, Konstantinos Ballas, Theodoros E Pavlidis, and Athanasios K Sakantamis.
    • Second Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Aristotle University, Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. psarras_k@yahoo.com
    • Clin Imaging. 2012 Sep 1; 36 (5): 587-90.

    AbstractThe inadvertent insertion of a nasogastric tube (NGT) into the brain of a trauma patient with skull base fractures is reported. A 52-year-old male with head trauma was referred following a car accident with an NGT in situ. Serosanguineous fluid was withdrawn from the NGT, which was considered to be an indication of gastrointestinal bleeding, and cold saline lavage was performed. Skull X-rays revealed intracranial position and coiling of the NGT and pneumocranium. The NGT was immediately removed manually. The patient finally went through neurosurgical operation because of an extradural hematoma, with normal postoperative course and outcome.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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