Comminuted nasogastric tube fracture: a rare complication.
Hiba EldigairRuhaid KhurramJose BennellNaheed MirPublished in: BJR case reports (2021)
A nasogastric tube is commonly used as a method of enteral feeding or gastric decompression in clinical practice and its insertion is occasionally associated with local complications. In this case report, we present an extremely rare complication of a comminuted nasogastric tube fracture in a 54-year-old male patient receiving enteral feeding in hospital secondary to a diagnosis of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.