OBJECTIVE We report a patient with a large adrenal pseudocyst presenting with epigastric distress and abdominal distention. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 35-year-old man presented with a 1-year history of nonspecific epigastric distress and abdominal distention. Routine laboratory tests and endocrine function tests were within the normal ranges. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) rev...

Pseudocyst formation following acute and chronic pancreatitis is a well known complication. A pancreatic pseudocyst fistulating into the portal vein is a rare and potentially fatal complication. We report a case of pancreatic pseudocyst - portal vein fistula, which was managed with a conservative approach.

Case report of a 23-year-old male patient with pancreatic pseudocyst, initially was treated by the Interventional Radiology service placing percutaneous drainage poor evolution, abruptly presented abdominal pain, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and peritoneal irritation, so an urgent exploratory laparotomy performed finding rupture pseudocyst into cavity. He septic shock died in immedia...

Placement of ventriculoperitoneal(VP) shunt is a worldwide accepted procedure for treatment of hydrocephalus. This procedure have various intra-abdominal complications, of which pseudocyst formation is a rare one. Common presentations of this complication are abdominal mass, abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, and shunt dysfunction. In this paper, we report a case of 3 year-...

CONTEXT Pancreatic pseudocyst of gastrohepatic or hepatoduodenal ligament and of liver is rare entity. Probably, pancreatic pseudocyst ascends via these ligaments to liver due to complex attachment of peritoneum. Very few cases have been reported in literature. CASE REPORT Hereby, we report a case of pancreatic pseudocyst of hepatoduodenal ligament in patient who presented with pain and lump ...

A hemorrhagic pancreatic pseudocyst which follows pancreatitis is a severe complication that can lead to massive gastrointestinal bleeding. It is also one of the most serious complications of chronic pancreatitis. The reported incidents of hemorrhagic pseudocyst is between 6 and 10%, although rupture of such a pseudocyst into the stomach is rare and comprises less than 1% of all admissions for ...

Acupuncture is now accepted as a complementary analgesic treatment. Auricular acupuncture is a distinct form of acupuncture. Electrical stimulation of acupoints (electroacupuncture) increases the effects of acupuncture. Recently, an auricular electroacupuncture device, the P-Stim, has become available. Clinical studies in outpatients have investigated the P-Stim in chronic musculoskeletal pain ...

We report a case of a giant pancreatic pseudocyst in a 33-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain, loss of appetite and abdominal distension. CT scans revealed a giant pancreatic pseudocyst measuring 10.3 cm × 9.6 cm × 9.3 cm anteroposteriorly, with signifi cant compression of the stomach. An open retrogastric cystogastrostomy was performed through a midline incision, and 3 L of fl uid wa...

CONTEXT A mediastinal pseudocyst is an unusual complication of acute and chronic pancreatitis. The ideal form of management is controversial, and various successful therapeutic interventions including surgical resection, internal or external drainage, and non-operative radiological drainage techniques have been described. Successful resolution of a mediastinal pseudocyst with endoscopic transpa...

Wide range of congenital and acquired cysts that arise from various tissue linings of the abdomen are grouped as mesenteric cysts. A non-pancreatic pseudocyst of the mesentery is an uncommon, acquired pathologic entity, developing secondary to trauma or infection. Awareness of the imaging features of nonpancreatic pseudocyst may help radiologists to differentiate them other abdominal neoplastic...