AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ONCOLOGY: JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT COMPLICATION

The jejunostomy procedure is an alternative to oral feeding for patients incapable of oral nutrition or ones suffering from severe malnutrition.The most used surgical technique is the Witzel technique, it hasa very low complication rate but can cause severe complications such as perforation or bowel ischemia.We describe the case of an 80 years old female patient admitted to the ER foracute abdominal pain 9 days after a jejunostomy procedure, with an abdominal CT-scan showingperitonitis and pneumoperitoneum secondary to a jejunum perforation and intra-peritoneal displacement of the jejunostomy tube.