Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis

Pseudocyst formation following acute and chronic pancreatitis is a well known complication. A pancreatic pseudocyst fistulating into the portal vein is a rare and potentially fatal complication. We report a case of pancreatic pseudocyst – portal vein fistula, which was managed with a conservative ap...

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Autores principales: Raza, SS, Hakeem, A, Sheridan, M, Ahmad, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2013
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Online Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955616
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spelling pubmed-39646692014-07-17 Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis Raza, SS Hakeem, A Sheridan, M Ahmad, N Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online Case Report Pseudocyst formation following acute and chronic pancreatitis is a well known complication. A pancreatic pseudocyst fistulating into the portal vein is a rare and potentially fatal complication. We report a case of pancreatic pseudocyst – portal vein fistula, which was managed with a conservative approach. Royal College of Surgeons 2013-01 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3964669/ /pubmed/23317711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955616 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title_full Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title_fullStr Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title_short Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
title_sort spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst–portal vein fistula: a rare and potentially life threatening complication of pancreatitis
topic Online Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955616
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