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. 1990 May;31(5):561–563. doi: 10.1136/gut.31.5.561

Pancreatic pseudocyst causing portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula.

P A McCormick 1, N Chronos 1, A K Burroughs 1, N McIntyre 1, J E McLaughlin 1
PMCID: PMC1378576  PMID: 2351306

Abstract

Portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula are unusual complications of chronic pancreatitis. We describe a patient with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis in whom erosion of the splenic vein led to portal vein thrombosis and to the development of a pancreatico-pleural fistula. We suggest that fistula formation may occur over a considerable time period as the portal vein thrombosis was diagnosed three years before the amylase-rich pleural effusions.

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