We present herein a case of a 75-year-old Japanese man who had developed a pancreatic abscess 7 years after a longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis. The patient, a heavy drinker of alcohol, underwent surgical decompression of a ductal obstruction to relieve persistent abdominal pain due to severely calcifying chronic pancreatitis. After the surgery, he stopped drinking alcohol and was treated with insulin to control secondary diabetes mellitus. Thereafter, his symptoms disappeared. Seven years after the surgery, however, he was hospitalized due to obstructive jaundice, high-grade fever, and right hypochondria pain. Ultrasound and computed tomographic scans of the abdomen both disclosed a cystic mass, approximately 6 cm in size, in the pancreatic head. Magnetic resonance imaging strongly suggested a pancreatic abscess with necrotic fluid and debris. First, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage (PTCD) was done to treat the progressively obstructive jaundice. Subsequently, fine-needle aspiration of the pancreatic abscess was performed under ultrasound guidance. Enterococcus avium and Klebsiella oxytoca were revealed by culture of abscess aspirates. He was successfully cured by treatment with both appropriate antibiotic and continuous PTCD for the obstructive jaundice.
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Received: April 3, 2001 / Accepted: August 10, 2001
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Suzuki, A., Matsunaga, T., Aoki, S. et al. A pancreatic abscess 7 years after a pancreatojejunostomy for calcifying chronic pancreatitis. J Gastroenterol 37, 1062–1067 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350200179
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350200179