RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pancreatic pseudocyst causing portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 561
OP 563
DO 10.1136/gut.31.5.561
VO 31
IS 5
A1 McCormick, P A
A1 Chronos, N
A1 Burroughs, A K
A1 McIntyre, N
A1 McLaughlin, J E
YR 1990
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/31/5/561.abstract
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.