Percutaneous transgastric snaring for repositioning of a dislocated internal drain from a pancreatic pseudocyst

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 Jul:31 Suppl 2:S217-20. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9152-0. Epub 2007 Sep 1.

Abstract

Pancreatic pseudocysts may occur in up to 10% of patients with acute or chronic pancreatitis. Symptomatic, persistent, and infected pancreatic pseudocysts require interventional therapy. We present the case of a patient with complete dislocation of a double pigtail catheter into an infected pseudocyst and the repositioning of the drainage catheter using a transgastric snaring technique. The combination of CT-guided percutaneous puncture and fluoroscopic snaring permitted minimally invasive management of this rare complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angiography
  • Contrast Media
  • Device Removal
  • Drainage / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / microbiology
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / therapy*
  • Punctures
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media