Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1991;11(2): 351-353.
후복막 및 비장내 가낭포를 동반한 만성췌장염 1예 ( A Case of Chronic Pancreatitis Complicated by Retroperitoneal and Intrasplenic Pseudocysts )
노명환, 최석렬, 신우원, 김종성 (Myung Hwan Nho, Seok Reyol Choi, Woo Won Shin and Jong Seong Kim)
Abstract
A 69-year-old-male patient was admitted because of left upper quadrant (LUQ) abdominal pain He had hard palpable mass (abaut 15x l0cm) in LUQ abdomen and mild elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (349 IU/L) and amylase (216 U/L) levels at the admission time. Abdominal CT scan revealed huge, well-marginated cystic mass in enlarged spleen with increased densities in dependent portion of cystic mass, about 8x13cm in size. Another small well-capsulated. cystic mass in anterior aspect of spleen was also seen. After ERCP, urgent surgical intervention was done. Final diagnosis was chronic pancreatitis with large intrasplenic (l2x9.5 cm) and retroperitoneal pseudocysts. So we are reporting above case with pertinent review of literatures.
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