PSEUDOCYSTS of the pancreas, although infrequent ... From the departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical Center (address reprint requests to Dr. Sybers at 470 North ...

Splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy was performed. Pathology revealed a pseudocyst with surrounding pancreatic tissue demonstrating chronic pancreatitis; spleen and accessory spleen with ...

He had been having abdominal pain for the past several weeks, but that night it was excruciating — like a knife plunged deep ...

They may also represent non-neoplastic changes, such as retention cysts and inflammatory pseudocysts. The pancreatic tumors reviewed in this series were identified in the surgical pathology files ...

A pancreatic pseudocyst is a collection of tissue and fluids that forms on your pancreas. Your pancreas is located behind your stomach. Pseudocysts usually form as the result of a hard blow to ...

Here we review recent developments in the understanding and management of cystic lesions of the pancreas. Because inflammatory pseudocysts constitute a majority of cystic lesions of the pancreas ...

These four are among the most common types: (1) Many pancreatic cysts are actually pseudocysts, which are always noncancerous. Unlike pancreatic cysts, which are self-contained sacs lined with a ...

the clinician must be vigilant to identify later complications such as a pancreatic pseudocyst. Again, a minimally invasive approach is now the norm. [4] In the past, surgeons used to operate on ...

Cystoduodenostomy is indicated for pseudocysts in the head and uncinate process of the pancreas. Cystojejunostomy is appropriate for all other cysts and for extremely large pseudocysts (> 15 cm ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts Date: October 21, 2013 Source: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Summary: Researchers report that in patients with ...

Often the result of pancreatitis or an abdominal impact injury, a pancreatic pseudocyst is formed by a collection of tissue and fluids that are different from the tissue in a true cyst.

This can lead to the development of a fluid-filled sac called a pancreatic pseudocyst. A pseudocyst isn't a true cyst, because the wall of the sac is not composed of a specific lining of cells ...