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Case Reports
. 1991 May;46(5):399-400.
doi: 10.1136/thx.46.5.399.

Rare intrathoracic complications in acute pancreatitis

D J Shewring  1 , H G Naerger, H W Steer
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Case Reports

Rare intrathoracic complications in acute pancreatitis

D J Shewring et al. Thorax. 1991 May.

Abstract

Ascites and pleural effusions may complicate pancreatitis but pericarditis with pericardial effusion and tamponade is rare and necrosis of mediastinal fat has not been described before. All these complications occurred in the case reported here.

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