Thoracic fistulas of the pancreas and their complications in childhood
Fritsch, R.; Bürger, D.; Schirg, E.
Rontgen-Blatter; Zeitschrift für Rontgen-Technik und Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Photographie 34(8): 304-309
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8592 PMID: 6792694 Document Number: 179247
The article reports on two thoracic fistulas of the pancreas in infants. Anamnesis revealed that recurring abdominal pain had occurred in those children for years; at the time of their admission to hospital there was considerable dyspnoea with thoracic pain depending on the respiration. Fistulas of the pancreas with thoracic connection were identified as the cause. The article goes into the details of genesis, differential diagnosis and courses of the disease.