Spontaneous Resolution Of Pancreatic Masses (pseudocysts?); Development And Disappearance After Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis
Archives of Internal Medicine 135: April 1975; 558-562
View Original Source →Abstract
Six cases are reported in which spontaneous internal drainage between a pancreatic pseudocyst and the alimentary tract became established. In each instance the communication was demonstrated radiologically. The clinical circumstances and radiographic features of these cases are described, and the existing literature pertaining to this phenomenon is reviewed.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
37-year-old alcoholic
Clinical Characteristics
Chest and epigastric pains, bronchial breathing in the right side of the chest and epigastric tenderness, abscess in the middle lobe of the right lung, upward displacement of the gastric bubble, upward and medial displacement of the stomach and downward displacement of the transverse colon and the splenic flexure
Remission Characteristics
Two months later, the abnormal abdominal findings had disappeared. Serial x-ray films of the upper portion of the gastrointestinal tract disclosed a normal stomach contour and normal gastric and colon position; findings of barium enema examination were normal.
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Additional Notes
He left the hospital fully recovered.