title: Resolution of a complex mediastinal pseudocyst in a patient with alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis following abstinence from alcohol.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. j.h.m.groeneveld@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Jan H M
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Groeneveld
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tjong A Lieng
authors.forename: Paul H E M
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: de Meijer
mesh_terms: 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