PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST FORMATION COMPLICATED BY INFERIOR CAVAL VEIN-THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY-EMBOLISM

Authors
DEVRIES JH FERWERDA J RAUWS EAJ DUIJM LEM
Citation
Jh. Devries et al., PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST FORMATION COMPLICATED BY INFERIOR CAVAL VEIN-THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY-EMBOLISM, European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 6(9), 1994, pp. 839-841
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954691X
Volume
6
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
839 - 841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-691X(1994)6:9<839:PPFCBI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Objective: To report the occurrence of caval vein thrombosis and pulmo nary embolism caused by pseudocyst formation in a patient with chronic pancreatitis. Patient A 36-year-old man with chronic alcoholic pancre atitis. Results: Pseudocyst formation adjacent to the inferior caval v ein during an exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis was documented, as was inferior caval vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Conclusion: Pancreatic pseudocyst formation can cause inferior caval vein thrombo sis and pulmonary embolism. The latter is a hitherto unreported compli cation of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst formation.