Pancreatic pseudocyst located in the liver

Pancreatic pseudocyst in the mediastinum.

270 We present a case of a 61 ‐year ‐old man with a his‐ tory of pancreatitis, who presented at the emer‐ gency department with chest pain, vomiting, and dysphagia. His blood count, the levels of cardi‐ ac and liver enzymes and electrolytes, as well as the results of renal function tests were normal. An electrocardiogram revealed sinus rhythm with‐ out any changes of ischemia. Chest X ‐ray with...

The Management of Pancreatic Pseudocyst

Pancreatic Pseudocyst: Therapeutic Dilemma

Pancreatic pseudocyst develops in both acute and chronic pancreatitis. It is an entity likely to either remain asymptomatic or develop devastating complications. Despite being diagnosed easily, treatment exercise is still at crossroads whether in the form of internal or external drainage or endoscopic, laparoscopic, or open intervention with a good radiological guidance. The therapeutic dilemma...

The role of surgery in pancreatic pseudocyst.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Surgery has been the only option available for many years for treating pseudocyst of the pancreas. Recently, new methods, such as percutaneous drainage, endoscopic transenteric drainage and transpapillary drainage, began to be used for treatment of the pseudocyst. But we have to agree that no single technique offers the desired combination of 100% success and no complications. W...

Pancreatic pseudocyst-portal vein fistula

Pancreatic pseudocyst-portal vein fistulae are extremely rare, and cause serious complications, including life-threatening sepsis. We report a 57-year-old man with pancreatic pseudocyst who was admitted to our hospital complaining of prolonged abdominal pain. A pancreatic duct tube was placed into the main pancreatic duct, as the pseudocyst was communicated to the pancreatic duct. He fell into ...