Pancreatic pleural fistula: demonstration by computed tomography after endoscopic retrograde pancreatography.
A case of chronic pancreatic pleural effusions is reported. The effusions were massive in the right chest at first and became bilateral. Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography showed a pancreatic pleural fistula toward the diaphragm. Computed tomography after endoscopic retrograde pancreatography revealed the entire course of the fistula and a mediastinal pseudocyst. Computed tomography and the operative fistulogram did not show immediate leakage of the contrast medium from the mediastinal pseudocyst.
D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed