title: Esophageal obstruction secondary to a mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst.
abstract: The authors report a rare complication of pancreatic pseudocyst. A 47-year-old man suffered rapidly progressing dysphagia and complete esophageal obstruction secondary to extrinsic compression by mediastinal extension of a pancreatic pseudocyst. Ultrasonography and especially computerized tomography were instrumental in diagnosis and in the planning of the operation. A posterior cystogastrostomy successfully drained the pseudocyst and relieved the esophageal obstruction.
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography