Percutaneous drainage of an infected mediastinal pseudocyst.
Extension of pancreatic pseudocysts into the mediastinum is a rare but recognized condition. We report an example of a complicated pseudocyst with mediastinal extension, internal hemorrhage, and infection, which was successfully drained percutaneously through the abdomen.
D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011677:Punctures; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed