Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst caused by obstruction of the pancreatic duct was eliminated by bromhexine hydrochloride

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1034-1038

  Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro ^a   Takano, Masato ^a   Tsuruzono, Takuya ^a   Hoppo, Kazushige ^a   Matsumura, Yoshinobu ^a   Yamao, Jyunichi ^b   Kuriyama, Shigeki ^c   Fukui, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Ishinkai Yao General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bromhexine hydrochloride; Chronic pancreatitis; Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst; Protein plug

Indexed keywords

BROMHEXINE; CAMOSTAT MESILATE; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BROMHEXINE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; EXPECTORANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10244228009     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1034     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Edlin P. Mediastinal pseudocyst of the pancreas - a case report and discussion. Gastroenterology 17: 96-102, 1951.
2. Rose EA, Haider M, Yang SK, Telmos AJ. Mediastinal extension of a pancreatic pseudocyst. Am J Gastroenterol 95: 3638-3639, 2000.
3. Cameron JL. Chronic pancreatic ascites and pancreatic pleural effusions. Gastroenterology 74: 134-140, 1978.
4. Hayasaka K, Tanaka K, Mutoh H, et al. CT evaluation of mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst. Jpn J Clin Radiol 40: 957-960, 1995 (in Japanese, Abstract in English).
5. Mutoh M, Iketani S, Saito Y, et al. Two cases of mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst that were improved with conservative treatment. Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zassi 93: 57-63, 1996 (in Japanese).
6. Satake K, Cho K, Sowa M, et al. Demonstration of a pancreatic fistula by endoscopic pancreatography in a patient with chronic pleural effusion. Am J Surg 136: 390-392, 1978.
7. Estevenon JP, Sarles H, Figarella C. Lactoferrin in the duodenal juice of patients with chronic calcifying pancreatitis. Scand J Gastroenterol 10: 327-330, 1975.
8. Wakabayashi A, Takeda Y. The behavior of mucopolysaccharide in the pancreatic juice in chronic pancreatitis. Am J Dig Dis 21: 607-612, 1976.
9. Harada H, Takeda M, Yabe H, et al. The hexosamine concentration and output in human pure pancreatic juice in chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterol Jpn 15: 520-526, 1980.
10. Tympner F, Rösch W. Viscosity and trypsin activity of pure pancreatic juice in chronic pancreatitis. Acta Hepatogastroenterol 25 73-76, 1978.
11. Sarles H, Sarles CJ, Camatte R, et al. Observations on 205 confirmed cases of acute pancreatitis, recurring pancreatitis, and chronic pancreatitis. Gut 6: 545-559, 1965.
12. Nakamura K, Sarles H, Payan H. Three dimensional reconstruction of the pancreatic ducts in chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology 62: 942-949, 1972.
13. Tympner F, Rosch W. The treatment of chronic recurrent pancreatitis with depot secretin - a preliminary report. Hepato-Gastroenterol 33: 159-162, 1986.
14. Harada H, Miyake H, Miki H, Kobayashi T, Sasaki T, Kimura I. Role of endoscopic elimination of protein plugs in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterol Jpn 17: 463-468, 1982.
15. Engelhorn R, Puschmann S. Pharmakologische untersuchungen uber eine substanz mit sekretolytischer. Arzneimittelforschung 13: 474-480, 1963 (in German).
16. Bruce RA, Kumar V. The effect of a derivative of vasicine on bronchial mucus. Br J Clin Pract 22: 289-292, 1968.
17. Frost-Larsen K, Isager H, Manthorpe R. Sjögren's syndrome treated with bromhexine -a randomised clinical study. Br Med J 1: 1579-1581, 1978.
18. Magid E, Frost-Larsen K, Isager H, Manthorpe R, Prause JU. Serum isoamylases in Sjögren's syndrome - concentration levels and intraindividual variation. Scand J Rheumatol 12: 129-132, 1983.
19. Chan JH, Watanabe S, Toki F, et al. Studies on the transfer of bromhexine-HCl (Bisolvon®) from the blood to the pancreas in the rat and the dog. Suizo 8: 403-407, 1993 (in Japanese, Abstract in English).
20. Chan JH, Takeuchi T. Effect of bromhexine in the treatment of pancreatitis accompanied by a mucin producing pancreatic tumor. Tan to Sui 12: 281-285, 1991 (in Japanese).
21. Shinohara Y, Fukuda S, Takeda K, et al. A case of mucin-producing bile duct tumor which responded to bromhexine hydrochloride treatment and radiotherapy. Tando 7: 527-534, 1993 (in Japanese, Abstract in English).
22. Noda A, Ibuki E, Murayama H, Hase S. Bromhexine hydrochloride eliminates protein plugs and relieves attacks of pancreatitis. Pancreas 15: 209-211, 1997.