PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST CAUSING PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PANCREATICOPLEURAL FISTULA

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MCCORMICK, PA [1 ]
CHRONOS, N [1 ]
BURROUGHS, AK [1 ]
MCINTYRE, N [1 ]
MCLAUGHLIN, JE [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL FREE HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT HISTOPATHOL,LONDON NW3 2QG,ENGLAND
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10.1136/gut.31.5.561
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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Portal vein thrombosis and pancreaticopleural fistula are unusual complications of chronic pancreatitis. We describe a patient with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis in whom erosion of the splenic vein led to portal vein thrombosis and to the development of a pancreatico-pleural fistula. We suggest that fistula formation may occur over a considerable time period as the portal vein thrombosis was diagnosed three years before the amylase-rich pleural effusions.
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