A case of pancreaticopleural fistula treated with pleurodesis and endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage
Masatsugu Ohuchia Shuhei Inouea Yoshitomo Ozakia Yuki Namuraa Keiko Uedab
aDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Higashi-Ohmi General Medical Center
bDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital
A 59-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocysts presented a pleural effusion in the left thoracic cavity. Based on extremely high amylase levels in the serous effusion. Pancreatic pleural effusion was diagnosed. The chest radiograph showed reaccumulation of pleural effusion in the left thoracic cavity 4 months after drainage. As hemorrhagic pleural effusion had continued in spite of pleural drainage, octreotide therapy was instituted. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) showed irregularity of the pancreatic duct and leakage in the tail. Therefore, we diagnosed a pancreaticopleural fistula and an endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage (ENPD) tube was placed in the pancreatic duct to bridge the site of the irregularity. The chest tube was removed after chemical pleurodesis was performed. The ENPD tube was removed 3 weeks after the chest tube was removed. The fistula has not been proved to recur.
Pancreaticopleural fistula Pancreatic pleural effusion Thoracoscopy Octreotide Endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage (ENPD)
Received 30 Jan 2018 / Accepted 24 Apr 2018
AJRS, 7(4): 267-271, 2018