We report an unusual case of a large mediastinal pseudocyst causing compression of cardiac chambers as well as the esophagus and presenting with a triad of dysphagia, chest pain and dyspnea. The ...

BRANDENBERG, Maddock and Schweitzer 1 reported the treatment by transgastric cyst gastrostomy of 2 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts and pancreatitis in 1951. Maddock suggested this procedure, ...

SAN DIEGO -- For endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal draining of pancreatic pseudocysts, plastic stents appeared as safe and effective as lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in a randomized ...

Background A 49-year-old white female with a history of acute pancreatitis that was complicated by pseudocysts presented with severe acute-onset abdominal pain of a few hours duration with associated ...

We read the paper of Eddy et al. 1 with great interest about pancreatic pseudocysts in pregnancy. They report on a patient who was managed conservatively and had a distal pancreatectomy 3 weeks after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Pseudocyst size is less important than the clinical context of the patient. How certain are you that the ...

PSEUDOCYSTS of the pancreas, although infrequent, may result in serious complications, which are usually caused by rupture and are most frequently subdiaphragmatic. Pseudocysts may rupture into the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pancreatic cystic lesions are being diagnosed with increasing frequency in asymptomatic patients or incidentally ...

A distal pancreatectomy involves removing the body and tail of the pancreas and the spleen. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may also be used for ...

Pancreatic pseudocyst, a common complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis, in rare instances may also extend to the mediastinum. A case of 67-year-old woman presenting with a triad of chest pain, ...