PERITONEAL SEEDING OF PANCREATIC HEAD CARCINOMA FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE AND STENTING

Authors
DOCTOR N DAFNIOS N DICK R DAVIDSON BR
Citation
N. Doctor et al., PERITONEAL SEEDING OF PANCREATIC HEAD CARCINOMA FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE AND STENTING, British Journal of Surgery, 84(2), 1997, pp. 197-197
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071323
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
197 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1323(1997)84:2<197:PSOPHC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and stenting is an est ablished method for the management of malignant biliary obstruction. C omplications include sepsis, haemobilia and bile leakage. A case of pe ritoneal metastases following PTC and drainage in a patient with poten tially operable carcinoma of head of pancreas is reported. This compli cation has not been documented previously.