Al Ali Jaber A, Chung Henry, Munk Peter L, Byrne Michael F
Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Can J Gastroenterol. 2009 Aug;23(8):557-9. doi: 10.1155/2009/597208.
Pancreatic pseudocysts develop in 10% to 20% of patients with chronic pancreatitis, and can cause a variety of complications such as infection, bleeding or development of fistulae. However, fistulous communication with the common bile duct is very rare. The present report describes an unusual case of a patient with a large, symptomatic pancreatic pseudocyst with a fistula to the common bile duct that was treated successfully by combined biliary and pancreatic stenting.