INTERNAL PANCREATIC FISTULA TO THE PERICARDIUM AND PLEURA

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 85  (4) , 478-480
Abstract
A report of a 38 yr old man with a 10 mo. illness characterized by recurrent pericardial and pleural high-protein, high-amylase effusions is presented. Operative pancreatogram demonstrated fistulization from the mid-pancreas through the mediastinum into both pleural spaces and the pericardium. Surgical detachment of the fistula and Roux-en-Y decompression of the pancreatic duct resulted in cure of the condition.

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