title: Pancreatic ascites and pleural effusion treated by endoscopic pancreatic stent placement.
abstract: Usefulness of endoscopic pancreatic stents in the management of pancreatic ascites and pleural effusion has been evaluated only recently. We report a patient with alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with ascites and pleural effusion and had a pancreatic duct disruption in the body area on pancreaticography. A 5 F stent was placed across the disruption with rapid subsidence of both ascites and pleural effusion. The stent was removed after 12 weeks and there has been no recurrence during a follow-up period of 9 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Goenka
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents