Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites
Congenital pancreatic pseudocysts are extremely rare in infants and very few cases have been reported in the literature. We are reporting a case of 2-month-old infant with pancreatic pseudocyst. He presented with progressive abdominal distension and large bilateral hydrocele. The diagnosis was based...
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| author | M. Alzaiem Feras Zaiem Fadi Zaiem |
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| description | Congenital pancreatic pseudocysts are extremely rare in infants and very few cases have been reported in the literature. We are reporting a case of 2-month-old infant with pancreatic pseudocyst. He presented with progressive abdominal distension and large bilateral hydrocele. The diagnosis was based on the operative findings and further confirmed by histopathological examination of the wall of pseudocyst. Later on the patient was operated by laparoscopic assisted transgastric cystogastrostomy technique. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c2b3e15d2674281bfb82b6de6168ef42022-12-21T17:32:09ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662016-08-0111C444610.1016/j.epsc.2016.06.002Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascitesM. Alzaiem0Feras Zaiem1Fadi Zaiem2MCH, P.O. Box 13255, Meccah 21955, Saudi ArabiaEvidence-based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patrica E. Ken Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USAIbn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Al Mahjar Street, P.O. Box 31906, Jeddah 21418, Saudi ArabiaCongenital pancreatic pseudocysts are extremely rare in infants and very few cases have been reported in the literature. We are reporting a case of 2-month-old infant with pancreatic pseudocyst. He presented with progressive abdominal distension and large bilateral hydrocele. The diagnosis was based on the operative findings and further confirmed by histopathological examination of the wall of pseudocyst. Later on the patient was operated by laparoscopic assisted transgastric cystogastrostomy technique.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576616300574CongenitalPancreasPseudocystCystogastrostomy |
| spellingShingle | M. Alzaiem Feras Zaiem Fadi Zaiem Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports Congenital Pancreas Pseudocyst Cystogastrostomy |
| title | Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| title_full | Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| title_fullStr | Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| title_short | Congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| title_sort | congenital pancreatic pseudocyst presenting as neonatal ascites |
| topic | Congenital Pancreas Pseudocyst Cystogastrostomy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576616300574 |
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