Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6110689 | Pancreatology | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Pancreatic pseudocyst is a relatively common occurrence resulting from acute or chronic pancreatitis. However, a rare subset of these patients present with a pseudocyst fistulizing into the portal vein. We present the case of a 58 year-old woman with a rapidly expanding pancreatic pseudocyst with portal venous fistulization causing portal vein thrombosis, in addition to biliary and duodenal obstruction. The patient underwent surgical decompression with a cyst-gastrostomy and was well until one week post-operatively when she experienced massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage leading to her death. A review of the literature is presented and a treatment algorithm to manage patients with pancreatic pseudocyst to portal vein fistula is proposed.
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Authors
Thomas S.C. Ng, Holly Rochefort, Christopher Czaplicki, Pedro Teixeira, Lin Zheng, Lea Matsuoka, Jacques Van Dam, Sophoclis P. Alexopoulos,