Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of a Pancreaticopleural Fistula in a Patient Presenting with Unusual Empyema and Hemoptysis

Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication in patients with pancreatitis. Its symptoms are similar to those of empyema or pleural effusion; therefore, it is important to consider PPF in the differential diagnosis. Herein, we describe the diagnosis and treatment of PPF in a patient prese...

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Autores principales: Kim, Eunji, Ahn, Hyo Yeong, Kim, Yeong Dae, Hoseok, Cho, Jeong Su
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31236379
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2019.52.3.174
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author Kim, Eunji
Ahn, Hyo Yeong
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Cho, Jeong Su
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description Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication in patients with pancreatitis. Its symptoms are similar to those of empyema or pleural effusion; therefore, it is important to consider PPF in the differential diagnosis. Herein, we describe the diagnosis and treatment of PPF in a patient presenting with unusual empyema and delayed hemoptysis.
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spelling pubmed-65591932019-06-24 Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of a Pancreaticopleural Fistula in a Patient Presenting with Unusual Empyema and Hemoptysis Kim, Eunji Ahn, Hyo Yeong Kim, Yeong Dae Hoseok, Cho, Jeong Su Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication in patients with pancreatitis. Its symptoms are similar to those of empyema or pleural effusion; therefore, it is important to consider PPF in the differential diagnosis. Herein, we describe the diagnosis and treatment of PPF in a patient presenting with unusual empyema and delayed hemoptysis. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019-06 2019-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6559193/ /pubmed/31236379 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2019.52.3.174 Text en Copyright © 2019 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of a Pancreaticopleural Fistula in a Patient Presenting with Unusual Empyema and Hemoptysis
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title_short Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of a Pancreaticopleural Fistula in a Patient Presenting with Unusual Empyema and Hemoptysis
title_sort successful diagnosis and treatment of a pancreaticopleural fistula in a patient presenting with unusual empyema and hemoptysis
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