%0 Journal Article
%T Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Rare Complication of Alcoholic
Pancreatitis | Insight Medical Publishing
%A Aarti Rao
%A Benjamin Golas
%A Natasha DeNicola
%J January 2019
%D 2018
%X Pancreaticopleural fistula is a rare complication after pancreatitis, most commonly secondary to pseudocyst rupture with tracking of pancreatic fluid into the mediastinum. We describe a 45-year-old female with a long-standing history of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis with multiple recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis who presented with dyspnea from a massive right pleural effusion, which was in communication with a large ruptured pseudocyst. Owing to failure of conservative therapy, she required endoscopic pancreatic duct stenting and surgical pulmonary decortication.
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