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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
We present herein an autopsy case of 63-year-old Japanese man who died as a result of pancreatic abscess, suppurative pylethrombosis, and multiple liver abscesses that had developed 10 years after a pancreato- and cystojejunostomy with side-to-side anastomosis for chronic pancreatitis. Even after this operation, the patient had continued to consume excessive amounts of alcohol. He had first experienced back pain with leukocytosis 9 years after the operation, which relapsed the following year. Despite percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage, his icterus had deteriorated into hepatic insufficiency. Computed tomographic scans of the abdomen had disclosed multiple liver abscesses. At autopsy, a pancreatic abscess and suppurative pylethrombosis as well as multiple liver abscesses were found. There have been few reported cases of such lethal complications developing after a pancreato- and cystojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis. As the consumption of alcohol would have exacerbated the chronic pancreatitis, such patients should be strongly advised to abstain from drinking alcohol.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The development of a pancreatic abscess, suppurative pylethrombosis, and multiple hepatic abscesses after a pancreatojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports