Electronic Gastro Curbside ConsultAn Incidental Discovery of a Serious Complication
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Answer to: Image 4: Buried Bumper Syndrome
After diagnosis with gastroscopy, a computed tomography scan of the abdomen/pelvis with and without intravenous contrast was ordered to confirm the diagnosis and estimate the depth of migration. It was also done to rule out complications of Buried Bumper Syndrome (BBS; gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation, peritonitis, intra-abdominal and abdominal wall abscesses, or phlegmon) because the patient was anemic and febrile. It revealed a gastrostomy tube bulb in the left rectus abdominis with a
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