[Percutaneous drainage of recurrent peripancreatic fluid collections in acute pancreatitis. A case report].

The case of a 36 year old patient with acute pancreatitis is presented whose clinical course was dominated by extensive peripancreatic fluid exsudation and formation of cysts. Risky surgery in the acute phase of the disease could be avoided by ultrasonic guided percutaneous punction and placing of several, partly transhepatic, catheters. The fluid collections could be drained completely and showed no recurrence.