title: Spontaneous gastric decompression of pancreatic pseudocyst.
abstract: Spontaneous resolution of pancreatic pseudocysts is being reported with increasing frequency. Although many mechanisms have been proposed one that is not frequently recognized is spontaneous decompression into the gastrointestinal tract. This case report demonstrates the mechanism of spontaneous resolution of a traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst, several weeks after injury, through fistulization between the pseudocyst and the stomach. Spontaneous resolution of a pancreatic pseudocyst after a transient episode of diarrhea should suggest the mechanism of gastrointestinal decompression of the pseudocyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography