Laparoscopic external drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst associated with periportal collaterals.
A pseudocyst of the pancreas was detected in a 44-year-old man with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. Ultrasound-guided puncture and drainage were attempted but were unsuccessful because of unexpected bleeding from the collateral veins around the cyst wall. Consequently, a laparoscopic puncture was performed and proved to be effective.
Takami
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Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan.
Tajima
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Inoue
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Tomioka
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Kanematsu
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T
D000328:Adult; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography