Complete disruption of the main pancreatic duct: a case successfully managed by percutaneous drainage

J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Dec;30(12):1741-2. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(95)90470-0.

Abstract

The authors report on a 7-year-old boy who sustained blunt abdominal trauma on a bicycle handlebar. A large traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst developed, for which percutaneous external drainage under ultrasound guidance was performed. Both the catheter fistulogram and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram showed complete disruption of the main pancreatic duct. During continuous external drainage, the pseudocyst disappeared. The drainage flow decreased gradually and ceased. The patient is well, with normal endocrine and exocrine pancreatic functions, 2 years after discharge.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Injuries / surgery*
  • Athletic Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Athletic Injuries / surgery*
  • Bicycling / injuries*
  • Child
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Drainage*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Ducts / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Ducts / injuries*
  • Pancreatic Ducts / surgery
  • Pancreatic Function Tests
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery*