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Report of a Case

DONALD C. COLLINS, M.D., M.Sc. (Path. and Surg.)

Arch Surg. 1950;61(3):524-539.

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PANCREATIC cysts are still encountered so infrequently in the clinical experience of any one surgeon that the question of their proper treatment is still of interest. According to Berkay,¹ pseudocysts of the pancreas constitute 40 per cent of all pancreatic cysts. Table 1 summarizes the experience of thirty-five contributors in the past, between the years 1861 and 1949, in which 306 proved pseudocysts of the pancreas were encountered and 40 of these, or 13.07 per cent, were completely excised. On the basis of these facts, the available literature has been summarized, the records of 209,813 consecutive patients admitted at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in the past twenty-five years studied and the following case report submitted.

HISTORY

Claessen² in 1842 reviewed the literature and made a collection of individual case reports of pancreatic cysts. Friedreich³ in 1878 stated: "The treatment [of cysts of the pancreas] must be of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.

From the Section on General Surgery, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and the Department of Surgery, College of Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles.

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