Pancreatic Pseudocysts

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Abstract
Pancreatic pseudocysts often present as a multifaceted clinical picture which is frequently misinterpreted by the clinician because of lack of appreciation of many of the clinical signs and laboratory findings. The purpose of this report is to review our experience with 42 cases of pancreatic pseudocysts and to emphasize major points of diagnostic importance. The cases reviewed include 19 at three metropolitan Richmond, Va, hospitals (Richmond Memorial, Johnston-Willis, and the Medical College of Virginia) and 23 at the McGuire Veterans Hospital seen from 1950 through 1964. Diagnosis was confirmed by surgery in 35 cases, by autopsy in 1, and in 6 cases the clinical features were so classical that the diagnosis of pseudocyst seems practically unequivocal. Definition Pseudocysts of the pancreas are so designated because they do not contain an epithelial lining and therefore are not true cysts. Pancreatic ductal epithelium does not migrate over the surface of these "cysts";

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