title: Two cases of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst complicated by obstructive jaundice.
abstract: We recently treated two cases of chronic pancreatitis with obstructive jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct by pancreatic pseudocyst. The two cases were males admitted with the complaint of icteric skin color. The first, a 46-year-old male, admitted with the complaint of icteric skin color. He was treated by operative cystojejunostomy after percutaneous drainage of the pseudocyst and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. The other case was a 58 year-old male who admitted with the complaint of icteric skin color. He had an infected pseudocyst in the pancreas and was endoscopically treated. Both of them were discharged with favorable clinical course and normal laboratory findings after the treatment. The former patient remained well 11 months after treatment, but the latter patient died from necrotizing pancreatitis and septic shock 6 months after treatment. Most cases of obstructive jaundice associated with pseudocysts appear to be due to fibrotic stricture of the intrapancreatic portion of the common bile duct rather than due to compression of the bile duct by the pseudocyst. In a patient with secondary pancreatic infection or obstructive jaundice following pancreatic disease, differentiating between these two conditions is an important aspect of accurate diagnosis and therapy. Herein we report two unusual cases of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst complicated by obstructive jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea. chg21@netsgo.com
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*