Menteş A, Batur Y, Eldem A, Ozbal O
Department of Surgery, Agean University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Jpn J Surg. 1990 May;20(3):356-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02470674.
A 56 year old patient who developed acute pancreatitis following intrabiliary rupture of a hydatic cyst of the liver is reported herein. Hepatic hydatic disease is a very rare cause of acute pancreatitis for which the surgical treatment consists of evacuation of the cyst material and biliary drainage. Cystoenteric drainage is not mandatory.
