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Use of ERCP in the Diagnosis of Internal Pancreatic Fistula

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Journal Gut
Specialty Gastroenterology
Date 1978 Mar 1
PMID 631646
Authors
M Sottomayor
R N Chong
M Dawson
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Abstract

Two cases of internal pancreatic fistula, causing pancreatic ascites, were demonstrated by the use of ERCP. This new technique is a useful way of establishing the diagnosis, and treatment may in the future be determined by the ERCP findings.

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