PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - McCormick, P A
AU  - Chronos, N
AU  - Burroughs, A K
AU  - McIntyre, N
AU  - McLaughlin, J E
TI  - Pancreatic pseudocyst causing portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.31.5.561
DP  - 1990 May 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 561--563
VI  - 31
IP  - 5
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/31/5/561.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/31/5/561.full
SO  - Gut1990 May 01; 31
AB  - Portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural 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.