Alfaro MCG, Rico GGA, Carrillo C M, Hayakawa DVC, Bautista AMA, Palacios RJA

Language: Spanish
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Page: 110-111
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Pancreatic pseudocysts are collections with no defined epithelial walls, derived from the rupture of the pancreatic conduct. Most of these lesion will resolve themselves spontaneously; diagnosis becomes evident once complications begin to show (infection, haemorrhage, laceration and/or obstruction).
Case: Female 27 years old with a background of cholelithiasis. Symptoms begin two days before with epigastric pain, vomit and dehydration.
Labs: Hyperbilirrubinemia, elevation of lipase and amylase 3 times over expected levels. She is admitted for treatment of acute pancreatitis and choledocholithiasis. During endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) we observed a rupture of pancreatic conduct, which is rarely identified at the beginning of the disease, corroborating it radiologically.

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