Pancreatic ascites: A rare complication of necrotizing pancreatitis: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Johst, Petra ^a   Tsiotos, Gregory G ^b   Sarr, Michael G ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrosectomy; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Pancreatic ascites; Pancreatic fistula

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ASCITES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030729322     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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