Resolution of a complex mediastinal pseudocyst in a patient with alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis following abstinence from alcohol.
We describe a 55-year-old patient with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, a large mediastinal pseudocyst and a hemorrhagic pleural effusion. A single thoracocentesis and withdrawal of alcohol without other conservative or invasive measures resulted in a complete resolution of the pleural effusion and the mediastinal pseudocyst, which to our knowledge has not been described before.
Groeneveld
Jan H M
JH
Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. j.h.m.groeneveld@lumc.nl
Tjong A Lieng
John G
JG
de Meijer
Paul H E M
PH
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013695:Temperance; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed