Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Presentation and a Rare Complication

Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication of pancreatitis that requires a high index of clinical suspicion as patients typically present with pulmonary symptoms related to the pleural effusion rather than pancreatitis. Diagnosis is made by detection of amylase in the pleural fluid. Mag...

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Autores principales: Ramahi, Ahmad, Aburayyan, Kanana Mohammad, Said Ahmed, Tamer S, Rohit, Vyas, Taleb, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501720
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4984
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author Ramahi, Ahmad
Aburayyan, Kanana Mohammad
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Taleb, Mohammad
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description Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication of pancreatitis that requires a high index of clinical suspicion as patients typically present with pulmonary symptoms related to the pleural effusion rather than pancreatitis. Diagnosis is made by detection of amylase in the pleural fluid. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography can aid in visualizing the fistula. We present a case of massive left pleural effusion secondary to a PPF due to acute on chronic pancreatitis.
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spelling pubmed-67218772019-09-09 Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Presentation and a Rare Complication Ramahi, Ahmad Aburayyan, Kanana Mohammad Said Ahmed, Tamer S Rohit, Vyas Taleb, Mohammad Cureus Internal Medicine Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication of pancreatitis that requires a high index of clinical suspicion as patients typically present with pulmonary symptoms related to the pleural effusion rather than pancreatitis. Diagnosis is made by detection of amylase in the pleural fluid. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography can aid in visualizing the fistula. We present a case of massive left pleural effusion secondary to a PPF due to acute on chronic pancreatitis. Cureus 2019-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6721877/ /pubmed/31501720 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4984 Text en Copyright © 2019, Ramahi et al. 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 author and source are credited.
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Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Presentation and a Rare Complication
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title_fullStr Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Presentation and a Rare Complication
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title_short Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Presentation and a Rare Complication
title_sort pancreaticopleural fistula: a rare presentation and a rare complication
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721877/
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