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Case Report

Interesting Series of Extra Abdominal Complications in Two Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Secondary to Chronic Alcoholism and Pancreatic Divisum

by
Dhaval Choksi
*,
Vikas Pandey
,
Prateik Poddar
,
Alisha Chaubal
,
Meghraj Ingle
and
Prabha Sawant
Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Gastroenterol. Insights 2017, 8(1), 6974; https://doi.org/10.4081/gi.2017.6974
Submission received: 16 November 2016 / Accepted: 9 May 2017 / Published: 22 November 2017

Abstract

Pancreaticopleural fistula is an extremely rare complication of chronic pancreatitis. Interestingly it may present without any symptoms of pancreatitis per se. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion due to the predominant thoracic symptoms. Cases with massive, rapidly refilling, refractory pleural effusion in the setting of pancreatitis (symptomatic or asymptomatic) should be suspected of having a pancreaticopleural fistula. We report two cases of pancreaticopleural fistula. One of the patient also had pancreatic divisum and to the best of our knowledge this is the first case report of pancreatic divisum with pancreaticopleural fistula in the literature.
Keywords: chronic pancreatitis; pancreas; pancreatic divisum; pancreaticopleural fistula; pleural effusion chronic pancreatitis; pancreas; pancreatic divisum; pancreaticopleural fistula; pleural effusion

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Choksi, D.; Pandey, V.; Poddar, P.; Chaubal, A.; Ingle, M.; Sawant, P. Interesting Series of Extra Abdominal Complications in Two Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Secondary to Chronic Alcoholism and Pancreatic Divisum. Gastroenterol. Insights 2017, 8, 6974. https://doi.org/10.4081/gi.2017.6974

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Choksi D, Pandey V, Poddar P, Chaubal A, Ingle M, Sawant P. Interesting Series of Extra Abdominal Complications in Two Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Secondary to Chronic Alcoholism and Pancreatic Divisum. Gastroenterology Insights. 2017; 8(1):6974. https://doi.org/10.4081/gi.2017.6974

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Choksi, Dhaval, Vikas Pandey, Prateik Poddar, Alisha Chaubal, Meghraj Ingle, and Prabha Sawant. 2017. "Interesting Series of Extra Abdominal Complications in Two Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Secondary to Chronic Alcoholism and Pancreatic Divisum" Gastroenterology Insights 8, no. 1: 6974. https://doi.org/10.4081/gi.2017.6974

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