title: Percutaneous drainage of suppurative pylephlebitis complicating acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Suppurative pylephlebitis is a rare condition with a significant mortality rate, ranging from 50% to 80%. We report a case of suppurative pylephlebitis complicating acute pancreatitis treated by percutaneous drainage in a 40-year-old woman. The patient had an uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia. nouira.kais@gnet.tn
authors.forename: Kais
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: Haykel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bedioui
authors.forename: Olfa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Azaiez
authors.forename: Hend
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Belhiba
authors.forename: Monia Ben
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Messaoud
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ksantini
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jouini
authors.forename: Emna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menif
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein; D013492:Suppuration; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed