title: Pseudocysts of the pancreas: an overview.
abstract: Of 243 patients with pancreatitis, 4.5% had pseudocyst of the pancreas (11 cases), 90% presented with abdominal pain, 81% had abnormal GI series, and 90% had abnormal urinary amylase. Abdominal sonography was found to be a very useful diagnostic tool.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography