title: Biliary pancreatic portal fistula as a complication of chronic pancreatitis: a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: In this study we describe an unusual complication in a patient suffering from chronic calcifying pancreatitis. The patient had a fistula between the common bile duct, the pancreatic duct, and the portal vein. He received supportive medical treatment and achieved long-term survival. A review of the literature including diagnosis, treatment and outcome of this rare complication is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Radiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. ib.rasmussen@surgsci.uu.se
authors.forename: Ib Christian
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Britt-Marie
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Karlson
authors.forename: Ann-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Löfberg
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery