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    Rev Med Interne. 1998 Feb;19(2):123-7.

    [Endoscopic treatment of subcutaneous fat necrosis secondary to pancreatic-vascular fistula: apropos of a case]

    [Article in French]

    Reynaud D, Alric L, Escourrou J, Bonnet E, Duffaut M.

    Service de médecine interne, pavillon Dieulafoy, CHU Purpan, place du Docteur-Baylac, Toulouse, France.

    PATIENT AND METHOD: We report the case of a 68-year-old man who presented a pancreatic tumor with a pancreato-vascular fistula and a Weber-Christian syndrome. Pancreatic enzymes levels at the admission were high: amylasemia 2,470 IU/L (N < 110) and lipasemia 11,700 IU/L (N < 220). The treatment consisted in total parenteral nutrition and somatostatin (100 micrograms x 3/day). Because we noted neither clinical nor biological improvement after 10 days of treatment, we performed an endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. During this examination, we put a 7 French diameter prosthesis through the Wirsung stenosis. RESULTS: No problem arose after endoscopy: since the day after the endoscopy, pancreatic enzymes decreased by half and become normal in 4 days; arthralgias and cutaneous injuries, both caused by cytosteatonecrosis, disappeared respectively in 5 and 10 days. There is no evidence of subsequent recurrence after 3 months of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Pancreatic endoscopic prosthesis can replace the surgical treatment of pancreato-vascular fistula with a good efficacy.

    PMID: 9775127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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