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==Pancreatic pseudocyst== | ==Pancreatic pseudocyst== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *Symptomatic, e.g. abdominal pain. | ||
* | **Asymptomatic pseudocysts are typically observed, as a large number resolve spontaneously.<ref name=pmid20142757>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gumaste | first1 = VV. | last2 = Aron | first2 = J. | title = Pseudocyst management: endoscopic drainage and other emerging techniques. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 44 | issue = 5 | pages = 326-31 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181cd9d2f | PMID = 20142757 }}</ref> | ||
*Classically associated with [[pancreatitis]] secondary to alcohol.<ref name=pmid14730118>{{Cite journal | last1 = Andrén-Sandberg | first1 = A. | last2 = Dervenis | first2 = C. | title = Pancreatic pseudocysts in the 21st century. Part I: classification, pathophysiology, anatomic considerations and treatment. | journal = JOP | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 8-24 | month = Jan | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 14730118 |URL = http://www.joplink.net/prev/200401/08.html }}</ref> | |||
*Pathologic diagnosis of exclusion. | *Pathologic diagnosis of exclusion. | ||