A rare cause of mediastinal expansion with a massive pleural effusion.
The authors present a case of a 53 year old woman, who was admitted to hospital because of an unusual cause of massive pleural effusion. During diagnostic examination the mediastinal propagation of the pancreatic pseudocyst was discovered as a complication of the chronic calcifying pancreatitis. The patient was operated on and the pseudocyst was resolved by Roux-en-Y cystjejunostomy. The diagnostics and treatment of this unusual pancreatic pseudocyst spreading is discussed.
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Department of Field Surgery, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. subrt@email.cz
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D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods