A rare cause of mediastinal expansion with a massive pleural effusion.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors present a case of a 53 year old woman, who was admitted to hospital because of an unusual cause of massive pleural effusion. During diagnostic examination the mediastinal propagation of the pancreatic pseudocyst was discovered as a complication of the chronic calcifying pancreatitis. The patient was operated on and the pseudocyst was resolved by Roux-en-Y cystjejunostomy. The diagnostics and treatment of this unusual pancreatic pseudocyst spreading is discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pleural Effusion