PANCREATICOPLEURAL FISTULA - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF PERSISTENT UNILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSION

Authors
MILLER JA MALDJIAN P SEEFF J
Citation
Ja. Miller et al., PANCREATICOPLEURAL FISTULA - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF PERSISTENT UNILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSION, Clinical imaging, 22(2), 1998, pp. 105-107
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
105 - 107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1998)22:2<105:PF-AUC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
There are a myriad of causes of a large persistent pleural effusion. P ancreaticopleural fistula is a rare entity seldomly included in the ab ove differential. As it usually presents with thoracic rather than abd ominal symptoms, a combination of imaging modalities, including ch est radiography (CXR), computerized tomography (CT) and endoscopic retrog rade cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is essential in obtaining the dia gnosis. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1998.