title: Pancreatic pseudocysts.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients with 32 pancreatic pseudocysts have been seen during the past 10 years at St George's Hospital, London. Two of the pseudocysts were found in unusual positions--one in the right inguinal canal and the other one in the porta hepatis. Approximately half of the pseudocysts in this series followed biliary-induced pancreatitis. The various clinical presentations are reported and the surgical treatment is discussed. Internal drainage is the most effective treatment and in the majority of cases transgastric cystogastrostomy via a tube is the procedure of choice. One death occurred, an overall mortality rate of 3-1 per cent.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases