European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Feb 2004
Acute pancreatitis complicating intrabiliary rupture of liver hydatid cyst.
Acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of hydatidosis, and the successful use of endoscopic sphincterotomy in the treatment of pancreatitis complicating ruptured hydatid cyst has been very rarely reported. We report here a case of a 50-year-old man, known to have hydatid cyst of the liver, who presented with upper abdominal pain. ⋯ At endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) the common bile duct was dilated. A sphincterotomy was performed and a mucoid structure was extracted, after which the patient made an uneventful recovery.