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A giant pancreatic pseudocyst treated by open cystogastrostomy
Artur Pasternak1, Przemysław Wawok, Piotr Richter
1First Department of General, Oncological and Gastrointestinal Surgery; Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland. artpast@tlen.pl.
Abstract:
We report a case of a giant pancreatic pseudocyst in a 33-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain, loss of appetite and abdominal distension. CT scans revealed a giant pancreatic pseudocyst measuring 10.3 cm × 9.6 cm × 9.3 cm anteroposteriorly, with significant compression of the stomach. An open retrogastric cystogastrostomy was performed through a midline incision, and 3 L of fluid was drained from the pseudocyst. Recovery has been uneventful.
