Pseudoquiste de pancreas: revisión en 10 años de pseudoquistes de pancreas en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoco y el Hospital del IESS de Cuenca, Ecuador

Rev. Fac. Cienc. Méd. Univ. Cuenca; 17 (1), 1988
Publication year: 1988

We present 20 cases of Pancreatic Pseudocyst over a ten year period. Ten men and ten women. Their ages between 23 and 79 years.

The cause of de Pseucocyst was:

alcoholic pancreatitis in 75%, trauma 10% and unknown 15%.

Th main signs and symptoms were:

epigastric pain (100), mass (75%), and vomit (50%). High WCC in 65%, High serum amylase in 70%, anterior displacement of the stomach in high gastrointestinal contrast study in 75%, positive ultrasound in 30%. The mortality rate was of 10%. All pacients underwent to surgery

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