title: [Lesions of the spleen in chronic pancreatitis by thrombophlebetic splenomegaly and cyst penetration].
abstract: Chronic pancreatitis leads to changes of nearby organs with possible acute and chronic complications including lesions of the spleen. Among 341 patients operated upon between January 1981 and June 2002 in the surgical department Gera, we found 7 spontaneous spleen ruptures or such after minimal trauma and 4 pseudocysts, which expanded to the splenic hilus. In all cases splenectomy was carried out with resection of the tail of the pancreas with or without drainage of the pancreas. 2 patients with a history of splenectomy after minimal trauma underwent duodenum-preserving resection of the pancreatic head to Frey, and distal pancreatectomy, resp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lesions of the spleen belong to the rare complications of chronic pancreatitis. With known case history and mostly delayed course, the operative concept must be concentrated not only on the splenic lesion but also on the therapy of the chronic pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Allgemeine, Viszerale und Kinderchirurgie des Chirurgischen Zentrums der Wald-Klinikum gGmbH Gera.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tietze
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010193:Pancreaticojejunostomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed