Table 3.

Imaging features of pancreaticopleural fistula

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7	Case 8
Demonstration of fistulous tract	CT	ERCP, CT	CT	ERCP, CT	CT, MRCP	ERCP	ERCP, CT	ERCP, MRCP
Location of pleural effusion	Left	Left	Right	Left	Left	Left	Left	Left
CT	Enlarged pancreatic head, parenchymal calcifications, small peripancreatic fluid collections near the tail	Enlarged body and tail of the pancreas, peripancreatic fluid collections near the body and tail, dilated PD up to 6 mm	Pancreas not enlarged, PD dilated, small pseudocyst in the body	Pancreas not enlarged, small peripancreatic fluid collections near the tail, PD normal	Pancreas not enlarged, parenchymal calcifications, PD mildly dilated, small pseudocyst near the body and tail	Pancreas not enlarged, parenchymal calcifications in the head, PD dilated up to 3 mm, small pseudocyst near the tail	Pancreas not enlarged, PD normal, small pseudocyts near the pancreatic tail	Pancreas not enlarged, PD dilated up to 4 mm in the tail, pseudocyts near the pancreatic body and tail, ascites
MRCP	-	-	-	-	Pancreas not enlarged, PD dilated up to 3 mm in the body upstream to a stone, small pseudocysts near the tail	-	-	Pancreas not enlarged, PD normal, pseudocyts near the pancreatic body and tail, ascites, leak in the body

CT: Computed tomography; MRCP: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PD: Pancreatic duct.