Pancreatic ascites and pleural effusion treated by endoscopic pancreatic stent placement

Indian J Gastroenterol. 1995 Jul;14(3):106-7.

Abstract

Usefulness of endoscopic pancreatic stents in the management of pancreatic ascites and pleural effusion has been evaluated only recently. We report a patient with alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with ascites and pleural effusion and had a pancreatic duct disruption in the body area on pancreaticography. A 5 F stent was placed across the disruption with rapid subsidence of both ascites and pleural effusion. The stent was removed after 12 weeks and there has been no recurrence during a follow-up period of 9 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Ascites / etiology
  • Ascites / therapy*
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Fistula / complications*
  • Pancreatic Fistula / therapy
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Pleural Effusion / therapy*
  • Stents*