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.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 3,
1996
Received:
August 20,
1996
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© 1998 Elsevier Science Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
