This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Bonnie M. Miller, MD; L. William Traverso, MD; Patrick C. Freeny, MD

Arch Surg. 1988;123(8):1000-1003.

Abstract
• An unusual complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis occurred in which erosion of the intrapancreatic common bile duct and cephalic pancreatic duct formed a pancreaticobiliary cavity. This pancreatic process was observed to enhance during contrast computed tomography and was hypervascular during angiography, making preoperative diagnosis difficult. To our knowledge, the spontaneous development of such a cavity as a complication of acute pancreatitis has not been reported. The patient was successfully treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy.

(Arch Surg 1988;123:1000-1003)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Drs Miller and Traverso) and Radiology (Dr Freeny), Mason Clinic, Seattle.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 21, 1987.

Reprint requests to Mason Clinic, 1100 Ninth Ave Seattle, WA 98111 (Dr Traverso).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Biliary Leaks: Treatment by Means of Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage
Ernst et al.
Radiology 1999;211:345-348.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT