RATIONALE Black pleural effusion (BPE) is an extremely uncommon type of pleural fluid, which can be due to infection, primary or metastatic malignancy, and hemorrhage. As reported in previous studies, BPE is also observed in some patients with pancreatic pseudocyst. PATIENT CONCERNS We herein reported a case of a 14-year-old female patient who was admitted to our center with a history of coug...

myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans and animals by the larvae of the diptera or two-winged flies. there are only sporadic reports in the literature concerning human ear myiasis. a 62-year-old bedridden woman in an intensive care unit was examined because of her intense swollen and erythematous right ear. physical examination revealed 80 live larvae (maggots) in the posterior part ...

We present a patient who had chronic, bilateral pleural effusions without evidence of parenchymal, retrocardiac or mediastinal masses. A CAT scan of the abdomen and chest revealed the extension of a large abdominal pseudocyst through the diaphragm into the posterior mediastinum. The pseudocyst resolved with conservative management.

PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST – ACTUAL THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS (Abstract): BACKGROUND: Pancreatic pseudocyst (PP) is one of the most frequent complications of acute and chronic pancreatitis; patients with these disorders often benefit from interventional treatment, or minimally invasive surgery. Progress of new minimally invasive interventional techniques (endoscopic internal drainage, external drainage gu...

background: ionizing radiation induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ros), which play an important causative role in cell death. the aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of sulfated derivatives of neutral polysaccharides extracted from auricularia auricular (snaap). materials and methods: whole blood samples from healthy donors treated with snaap at different...

Pancreatic pseudocyst is one of the common complications of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Although most pseudocysts resolve spontaneously with supportive care, larger pseudocysts are more likely to cause complications. Large pancreatic pseudocysts may rupture spontaneously into the gastrointestinal tract and are usually associated with life-threatening bleeding. Surgical treatment or interven...

The pancreatic pseudocyst is a pancreatic fluid collection which classically develops due to acute or chronic pancreatitis. A 68-year-old male with the remote history of alcohol abuse presented with abdominal pain secondary to acute pancreatitis. The first computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed acute necrotizing pancreatitis. He was initially treated conservatively. Repeat CT of the abd...

Introduction: Typically found in young women, solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas (SPTP) are part of the differential diagnosis for solid and cystic neoplasms of the pancreas. SPTP may cause diagnostic confusion when presenting with massive cystic degeneration. Case Report: A 59 year-old woman undergoing surveillance PET-CT was found to have a 9 cm, calcified, complex cyst arising in t...

Subcapsular splenic hematoma is a rare complication of pancreatitis. The management for subcapsular splenic hematoma remains controversial. We herein report a case of a large subcapsular splenic hematoma with a large pancreatic pseudocyst, which was successfully treated with splenic arterial embolization and ultrasound- (US-) guided percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst, for the first ...