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Zaitsu Y, Nishizaki T, Izumi T, Taniguchi D, Kajiwara Y, Oshiro Y, Minami K. Pancreatic enzymatic mediastinitis followed by total gastrectomy with splenectomy: report of two cases. Surg Case Rep 2021; 7:149. [PMID: 34175974 PMCID: PMC8236423 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-021-01240-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute mediastinitis is a rare disease that rapidly progresses with a high mortality rate. Its most common cause is direct injury of the mediastinum, including iatrogenic causes such as cardiac surgery or upper endoscopy. Enzymatic mediastinitis is a rare complication of a pancreatic fistula caused by the inflammatory digestion of the parietal peritoneum spreading to the mediastinum. Here, we present two cases of enzymatic mediastinitis caused by total gastrectomy with splenectomy. One of them was successfully treated and cured after early diagnosis and transabdominal drainage. CASE PRESENTATION Case 1 was that of a 60-year-old man (body mass index [BMI] 27) with a medical history of diabetes and hypertension who was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer in the upper body of the stomach. A total gastrectomy with splenectomy was performed. The patient experienced acute respiratory failure 24 h after surgery. Pulmonary embolism was suspected, so a computed tomography (CT) scan was performed; however, no relevant causes were found. Although he was immediately intubated and treated with catecholamine, he died in the intensive care unit (ICU) 40 h after surgery. Post-mortem findings revealed retroperitonitis caused by a pancreatic fistula spreading towards the mediastinum, causing severe mediastinitis; a review of the CT scan revealed pneumomediastinum. We concluded that the cause of death was enzymatic mediastinitis due to post-gastrectomy pancreatic fistula. Case 2 involved a 61-year-old man (BMI 25) with a medical history of appendicitis who was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer at the gastric angle between the lesser curvature and the pylorus, spreading to the upper body of the stomach. A total gastrectomy with splenectomy was also performed. The patient had a high fever 3 days after the surgery, and a CT scan revealed pneumomediastinum, indicating mediastinitis. As the inflammation was below the bronchial bifurcation, we chose a transabdominal approach for drainage. The patient was successfully treated and discharged. CONCLUSION Acute mediastinitis caused by gastrectomy is rare. The acknowledgment of abdominal surgery as a cause of mediastinitis is important. In treating mediastinitis caused by abdominal surgery, transabdominal drainage may be a minimally invasive yet effective method if the inflammation is mainly located below the bifurcation of the trachea.
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- Yoko Zaitsu
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital Of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-Cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan
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Zhang J, Gao LC, Guo S, Mei TL, Zhou J, Wang GL, Yu FH, Fang YL, Xu BP. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the treatment of pancreaticopleural fistula in children. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26:5718-5730. [PMID: 33088164 PMCID: PMC7545396 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i37.5718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare disease, especially in children. Conservative treatment and surgery are traditional therapies, but surgery is invasive. The emergence of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has provided a new noninvasive treatment for PPF and may become the first choice for children with PPF.
AIM To explore the treatment response to ERCP for PPF in children.
METHODS Seven children with PPF were hospitalized in the Gastroenterology Department of Beijing Children’s Hospital from December 2007 to May 2019. Data on these seven patients’ clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes were analyzed, and their treatment responses following surgery and ERCP were compared. The correlation between the length of hospital stay and conservative treatment was analyzed. Peer-reviewed articles written in English and Chinese published from January 2009 to December 2019 were obtained from various open data sources and reviewed.
RESULTS The seven patients comprised three boys and four girls with a mean age of 6.57 ± 3.26 years. The main symptoms were chest tightness and pain (n = 4), intermittent fever (n = 3), dyspnea (n = 3), and abdominal pain (n = 1), and all patients had bloody pleural effusion. All seven patients were diagnosed with PPF by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and all were initially treated conservatively for a mean of 34.67 ± 22.03 d with a poor response. Among five patients who underwent ERCP, one required surgery because of intubation failure; thus, the success rate of ERCP was 80%. Two patients were successfully treated with surgery (100%). The postoperative hospital stay of the two patients treated by surgery was 20 and 30 d, respectively (mean of 25 d), and that of the four patients treated by ERCP ranged from 12 to 30 d (mean of 19.25 ± 8.85 d). The recovery time after ERCP was short [time to oral feeding, 4-6 d (mean, 5.33 ± 1.15 d); duration of closed thoracic drainage, 2-22 d (mean, 13.3 d)]. Analysis of previous cases of PPF published worldwide during the past decade showed that the treatment success rate of ERCP is not lower than that of surgery. There was no significant difference in the postoperative hospital stay between surgery (16 ± 10.95 d) and ERCP (18.7 ± 6.88 d, P > 0.05). A positive linear correlation was found between the overall hospital stay and ERCP intervention time (R2 = 0.9992).
CONCLUSION ERCP is recommended as the first-choice treatment for PPF in children. ERCP should be performed as early as possible if conditions permit.
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- Jing Zhang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Clinical Research Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Respiratory, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing 100045, China
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Kokhanenko NY, Kashintsev AA, Bobylkov AA, Avanesyan RG, Shepichev EV, Ivanov AL, Solovyova LA, Shiryajev YN. Staged Interventional and Surgical Treatment of Patient with Chronic Pancreatitis Complicated by Pancreaticopleural Fistula with Lung Abscesses. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2020; 21:e922195. [PMID: 32307403 PMCID: PMC7193244 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.922195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Patient: Male, 37-year-old Final Diagnosis: Chronic alcoholic pancreatitis • pancreaticopleural fistula • left lung abscesses Symptoms: Fever with a body temperature of 39.1°C • left thoracic pain • severe cough with purulent sputum • shortness of breath • upper abdominal pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Repeated thoracenteses • chest tube • drainage of lung abscesses • ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst • ultrasound-guided transparietal external-internal pancreatic duct stenting • Bern modification of Beger procedure Specialty: Surgery
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- Nikolay Y Kokhanenko
- Department of Faculty Surgery named after Professor A.A. Rusanov, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Faculty Surgery named after Professor A.A. Rusanov, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Sixth Department of Surgery, Mariinsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Surgery, Nikolayevsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of General Surgery with Course of Endoscopy, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Fifth Department of Surgery, Mariinsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Polytrauma Surgery, Mariinsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Faculty Surgery named after Professor A.A. Rusanov, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Surgery, Nikolayevsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Faculty Surgery named after Professor A.A. Rusanov, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Fourth Department of Surgery, Saint Petersburg City Hospital #15, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Paniagua García-Señoráns M, Meléndez Villar MR, Senra Del Río P, García Fontán EM, Ausania F. Enzymatic mediastinitis as a fearsome complication of pancreatic necrosectomy. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS 2019; 110:669-671. [PMID: 29931993 DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5576/2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Several types of thoracic complications can be associated with severe acute pancreatitis. Some are very common, such as pleural effusion, whilst some others are very rare although life threatening, such as enzymatic mediastinitis (EM). Only a few cases of EM (when related to acute pancreatitis) have been described in the literature. Here we describe the case of a 76-year-old female who developed acute respiratory failure and atrial fibrillation during the postoperative period after an open pancreatic necrosectomy, due to an EM episode. The mediastinal collection was drained by thoracotomy, following an improvement of the patient's general condition. This is the first case of EM following surgical management for acute necrotizing pancreatitis. EM is a rare but life threatening complication that usually requires surgery.
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- Cirugía General y Digestiva. Unidad HBP., Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, España
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Grudzińska E, Pilch-Kowalczyk J, Kuśnierz K. Pancreaticopleural and pancreaticomediastinal fistula extending to the cervical region, with dysphagia as initial symptom: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e14233. [PMID: 30702580 PMCID: PMC6380760 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000014233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Pancreaticopleural and pancreaticomediastinal fistulas are rare complications of pancreatitis. They are often misdiagnosed and there are no strict guidelines of treatment. In this study, we present a brief report of a combined pancreaticopleural and pancreaticomediastinal fistula extending to the cervical region, causing dysphagia and cervical swelling as initial symptoms. PATIENT CONCERNS A 36-year-old female with history of alcohol abuse and pancreatitis presented progressing dysphagia and mild dyspnea on admission. DIAGNOSIS Chest X-ray and chest and abdominal computed tomography scan (CT) indicated pancreaticopleural fistula combined with pancreaticomediastinal fistula, a diagnosis confirmed by high amylase levels in pleural fluid. INTERVENTIONS Conservative treatment was administered and ERCP was performed but pancreatic duct stenting was impossible. The patient presented rapid anterior cervical swelling with progressing dysphagia and dyspnea. CT showed fistula penetration to the cervical region. The patient underwent urgent surgery and pancreaticojejunal anastomosis was performed. OUTCOMES The surgery led to recovery. Six months later, the patient reported good health and weight gain. LESSONS Coexistence of pancreaticopleural and pancreaticomediastinal fistula with cervical penetration is an extremely rare pancreatitis complication. It presents with dysphagia and anterior cervical swelling as initial symptoms. It is important to consider this complication in all patients with history of pancreatitis, presenting with dysphagia.
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- Ewa Grudzińska
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Kumar P, Gupta P, Rana S. Thoracic complications of pancreatitis. JGH OPEN 2018; 3:71-79. [PMID: 30834344 PMCID: PMC6386740 DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Acute pancreatitis in its severe form may lead to systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multisystem organ dysfunction. Acute lung injury is an important cause of mortality in the setting of severe acute pancreatitis. Besides lung involvement, acute and chronic pancreatitis may also lead to the involvement of other thoracic compartments, including mediastinum, pleura, and vascular structures. These manifestations are an important cause of morbidity and may pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. These manifestations have not been discussed in detail in the available literature. In this review, we discuss the thoracic complications of pancreatitis, including lung, pleural, mediastinal, and vascular manifestations.
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- Prem Kumar
- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India
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- Department of Gastroenterology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India
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- Department of Gastroenterology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India
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Spontaneous mediastinitis with multiple esophageal abscess in the esophagus. Respir Med Case Rep 2018; 25:196-198. [PMID: 30225188 PMCID: PMC6139812 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Acute mediastinitis (AM) is a rare and deadly disease without appropriate treatment. It is usually due to invasive medical procedures, being uncommon the spontaneous onset. We report a case of 49-year-old patient whose starting symptoms were dyspnea and oppressive epigastric pain.
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Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Review of Imaging Diagnosis and Early Endoscopic Intervention. Case Rep Gastrointest Med 2018; 2018:7589451. [PMID: 30210880 PMCID: PMC6120288 DOI: 10.1155/2018/7589451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A 49-year-old male with history of chronic alcohol-induced pancreatitis presented with one month of worsening left pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. Chest radiograph demonstrated bilateral pleural effusions. Thoracentesis revealed increased amylase in the pleural fluid. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed a fistula tract between the left pleural cavity and pancreas which was confirmed on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Patient was treated with placement of a pancreatic stent with complete resolution of the fistula tract approximately in 9 weeks. A systematic literature search was performed on reported cases with pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) who underwent early therapeutic endoscopy within the last 10 years. Imaging modalities, particularly CT and MRCP, play essential role in prompt preprocedural diagnosis of PPF. Early therapeutic ERCP is an effective and relatively safe treatment option for PPF, so invasive surgery may be avoided.
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Trudeau A, Bean D, Fleming D, Boado G, Samuels N, Kurup R. Diagnostic Snapshot: Acute Edema in the Oncology Patient. J Adv Pract Oncol 2018; 9:677-679. [PMID: 31186989 PMCID: PMC6505659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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