Imaging of pediatric gastrostomy tube malposition: Pearls and pitfalls

Figure 12  Abnormal gastrostomy tube placement into the bowel loops. A 16 year old male post operative day 4 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. A and B: Axial sections of the computed tomography abdomen depict the gastrostomy tube transversing the dilated small bowel (arrow) and decompressed transverse colon (arrowhead). Findings were confirmed intraoperatively along with a volvulus.