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Pancreatic-Thoracic Fistula. An Unusual Complication of Pancreatitis

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Fig. 1. (A and B) Coronal reconstructions of CT in a 47-year-old patient with a history of chronic pancreatitis complicated by a thoracopancreatic fistula. CT shows a loculated pleural effusion… Click to show full abstract

Fig. 1. (A and B) Coronal reconstructions of CT in a 47-year-old patient with a history of chronic pancreatitis complicated by a thoracopancreatic fistula. CT shows a loculated pleural effusion (star in B) connecting (arrow in A) with the pseudocyst (star in A), which in turn connects with the pancreatic duct (arrow in B). (C) Follow-up CT performed at 12 days, after ERCP and prosthesis placement (arrow in C), draining the pseudocyst and pleural collection via the pancreatic duct to the duodenum.

Keywords: fistula unusual; pancreatitis; thoracic fistula; pancreatic thoracic; fistula; unusual complication

Journal Title: Archivos De Bronconeumologia
Year Published: 2017

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