title: Pancreatic pseudocyst causing portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula.
abstract: Portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula are unusual complications of chronic pancreatitis. We describe a patient with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis in whom erosion of the splenic vein led to portal vein thrombosis and to the development of a pancreatico-pleural fistula. We suggest that fistula formation may occur over a considerable time period as the portal vein thrombosis was diagnosed three years before the amylase-rich pleural effusions.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chronos
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Burroughs
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed