title: Laparoscopic external drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst associated with periportal collaterals.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
mesh_terms: 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