title: Pancreatitis as a complication of a hydatic liver cyst--a case report.
abstract: A 56 year old patient who developed acute pancreatitis following intrabiliary rupture of a hydatic cyst of the liver is reported herein. Hepatic hydatic disease is a very rare cause of acute pancreatitis for which the surgical treatment consists of evacuation of the cyst material and biliary drainage. Cystoenteric drainage is not mandatory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Agean University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menteş
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Batur
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eldem
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozbal
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous