background: acute pancreatitis is a common complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp). several medical and surgical procedures have been analyzed in prevention of post-ercp pancreatitis as a major post-ercp complication, so we conducted a study to assess the role of prophylactic pancreatic stents on prevention and severity of post-ercp pancreatitis. materials and meth...

alcohol abuse was admitted with exertional dyspnea and massive pleural effusion bilaterally. Despite repeated thoracocentesis with placement of a chest tube, the sanguineous pleural effusions remained refractory. Follow-up investigations revealed exudative pleural fluid with a markedly elevated amylase level (34 620 IU/L) and acute pancreatitis with peripancreatic exudation in the transitional ...

CONTEXT Pancreatic ascites is rare and thought to be due to rupture of a pancreatic pseudocyst, main pancreatic duct disruption or leakage from an unknown site. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 33-year-old gentleman with a history of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with pancreatic ascites and was successfully treated with open transduodenal stenting and pancreatic and biliary ...

Post-traumatic parotid sialocoele is a subcutaneous extravasation of saliva from the parotid gland secondary to traumatic disruption of its duct or parenchyma. Currently, there is no consensus regarding the best therapy for parotid sialocoele, as it is resistant to conservative management. The present paper puts forward a relatively simple, safe and effective technique for the treatment of paro...

The clinicopathological features and surgical treatment of biliary carcinoma around the major hepatic duct confluence arising after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) due to initial bile duct carcinoma are described in three patients. Occurrence of biliary carcinoma more than 12 years after initial surgery and a histological finding of cholangiocellular carcinoma mixed with hepatocellular carcinoma sug...