Ileus secondary to pancreatic pseudocyst

Clin Imaging. 1998 Jan-Feb;22(1):42-4. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(97)00065-x.

Abstract

Intra-or extrapancreatic pseudocyst is a common local complication in pancreatitis. Pathological involvement of the colon secondary to acute and chronic pancreatitis is a rare complication of major clinical interest. Contiguity with the tail of the pancreas and certain anatomical relationships, particularly at the level of the peritoneal reflections, explain the involvement of, particularly, the left flexure of the colon and the adjacent part of the transverse colon. We report a patient, presenting with ileus resulting from pressure of a giant pseudocyst secondary to acute pancreatitis, to share the diagnostic and chronologic follow-up computed tomography (CT) scanning findings of this rare complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology*
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*