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Pancreatic pseudocyst with splenic involvement: an uncommon complication of pancreatitis
N G McMahon1, S H Norwood, J S Silva
1Department of Surgery, USAF Medical Center Keesler, Keesler AFB, MS 39534-5300.
Southern Medical Journal
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
We have presented a case of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst involvement of the spleen complicated by splenic rupture. This complication is uncommon, only 19 cases having been reported. As illustrated by our case, there is a high risk of hemorrhage from a pseudocyst involving the spleen and pancreas. Immediate surgical intervention is therefore indicated. The treatment of choice is resection by splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy.