Pancreatico-pericardial fistula : a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis.
| Author(s) : | Subhash H Kurian George Chacko Ashok Govil S Jeyamani R Balasubramanian Prakash K Thomas, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2004 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | A 16-year-old boy presented with pericardial effusion, bilateral pleural effusion and mediastinal fluid collection. CT scan of abdomen revealed pancreatic calcification and a fistulous tract from a pseudocyst going along the inferior vena cava wall up to the pericardial cavity. After initial pericardiocentesis and pleurocentesis, lateral pancreatico-jejunostomy with Roux-en-Y loop was performed. The patient is well at 6 months follow up., |