[Efficacy of octreotide acetate in the treatment of a pancreatic-pleural fistula. Apropos of a case].
Diseases organs below the diaphragm should be considered in the aetiologic diagnosis of liquid effusion in the pleura. We observed a cases of pleuritis resulting from chronic pancreatitis and present here the diagnostic methods and therapeutic protocol undertake for cure. The level of amylase (including the isoforms) should be measured in the pleural effusion. The effectiveness of octreotide acetate in the treatment of pancreatico-pleural fistula was confirmed in this case.
Service de Pneumologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Général de Saint-Pierre Le Tampon.
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Courtin
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Di Francia
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Poubeau
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Arvin-Berod
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005402:Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015282:Octreotide
Efficacité de l'acétate d'octréotide dans le traitement d'une fistule pancréatico-pleurale. A propos d'un cas.