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Treatment of pancreatic ascites with somatostatin
R Pezzilli1, L Gullo, M Di Stefano
1Unit for the Study of Pancreatic Disease, St. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Pancreas
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Pancreatic ascites is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis, whose treatment continues to represent a difficult clinical problem. In this report we describe a case of a patient with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic ascites who was successfully treated with somatostatin given by continuous intravenous infusion of 1.5 micrograms/kg/h for 2 weeks.