Case Reports
Mediastinal pseudocyst and pleural fistulization, exceptional complication of pancreatitis
Published 2020-04-28
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Hernández Negrin R, Pontillo M, Olivera E, Rodríguez G. Mediastinal pseudocyst and pleural fistulization, exceptional complication of pancreatitis. Rev Cir. [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 28 [cited 2026 Aug. 23];72(3). Available from: https://plataforma.revistacirugia.cl/index.php/revistacirugia/article/view/618
Abstract
Introduction: The thoracic complications secondary to acute pancreatitis are exceptional and even more so the presence of a mediastinal pseudocyst.
Case report: 36 year old man. Marijuana and alcohol consumer. History of 6 months of abdominal pain and weight loss of 20 kilos. Installing respiratory symptomatology evolution.
Discussion: The forms of presentation of this entity are discussed. Its most frequent etiologies. Emphasis is placed on the role of imaging as well as the analysis of pleural fluid. The therapeutic approach is conservative at the beginning and in some patients it is surgical during evolution; with several options.