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Spontaneous arterioenteric fistula after pancreas transplantation
H A Gritsch1, R Shapiro, F Egidi
1Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Transplantation
|March 27, 1997
Abstract:
Chronic pancreas transplant rejection with enteric exocrine drainage can lead to significant long-term complications. We report a case of a 47-year-old male insulin-dependent diabetic who survived the complications of peripancreatic abscess, enterocutaneous fistula, and arterioenteric fistula related to pancreas transplantation. To avoid these long-term complications, we now recommend elective removal of nonfunctioning, enterically drained pancreas allografts.