An unusual cause of intractable vomiting after cisplatin   chemotherapy

M. Storr; B. Göke; H. M. Diepolder

doi:10.1055/s-2006-944697

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Endoscopy 2006; 38: E54
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944697

Unusual cases and technical notes

An unusual cause of intractable vomiting after cisplatin chemotherapy

M. Storr¹ , B. Göke¹ , H. M. Diepolder¹

¹ Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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A 59-year-old woman with advanced cervical carcinoma presented to us with intractable vomiting, 8 weeks after receiving cisplatin chemotherapy. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed mild duodenitis and an obstructive adhesion in the distal duodenum (Figure [1]) The adhesion was disrupted by the passage of the endoscope and the patient’s symptoms promptly resolved.

Figure 1 Endoscopic views of the obstructive duodenal adhesion at the distal end of the descending part of the duodenum that had formed secondary to duodenitis.

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Figure 1 Endoscopic views of the obstructive duodenal adhesion at the distal end of the descending part of the duodenum that had formed secondary to duodenitis.