Author |
Gender/Age (years) |
Pancreatitis’ etiology |
Presenting symptoms |
Imaging diagnosis |
Treatment |
Outcome |
Molinuevo et al.9
|
M/28 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, Puestow procedure |
Asymptomatic after 12 months |
M/37 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, Puestow procedure |
Asymptomatic after 24 months |
M/41 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, Distal pancreatectomy with Roux-en-Y pancreatojejunostomy |
Asymptomatic after 20 months |
Materne et al.10
|
M/50 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain |
CT, ERCP, MRI |
Thoracocentesis, total parenteral nutrition, somatostatin infusion, Distal pancreatectomy with longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy |
NR |
M/32 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT, ERCP, MRI |
Thoracocentesis, somatostatin infusion, placement of an endoscopic stent |
Uneventful in the immediate post-procedure period |
Neher et al.11
|
M/53 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain, coughing |
CT, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, placement of an endoscopic stent |
Without pleural effusion after five months |
Takeo et al.12
|
M/67 |
Alcoholic |
NR |
CT, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, total parenteral nutrition, octreotide |
Asymptomatic at discharge |
Ito et al.13
|
M/52 |
Alcoholic |
Coughing, back pain |
CT |
Pleural drainage, octreotide |
NR |
F/39 |
Alcoholic |
Coughing, sputum |
CT |
Conservative |
NR |
Akahane et al.14
|
M/69 |
Alcoholic |
Coughing, dyspnea, chest pain |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, total parenteral nutrition, octreotide |
Asymptomatic after five years |
Lanternier et al.15
|
M/64 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, coughing, cardiac tamponade |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, placement of endoscopic stent, distal pancreatectomy with pancreatojejunostomy |
Without reccurrence after 12 months |
Lamme et al.16
|
F / 44 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, coughing |
NR |
Pleural drainage |
Death by pneumonia |
M/54 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, coughing |
NR |
Pancreatic resection |
Recovery in the immediate postoperative period |
M/42 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, coughing |
NR |
Pancreatic resection |
Recovery in the immediate postoperative period |
Meybeck et al.17
|
M/39 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain |
CT |
Pleural drainage, ocreotide, antibiotics, pleural decortication, percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst |
Partial involution of the pseudocyst and regression of pulmonary images after six months |
Neumann et al.18
|
M/68 |
NR |
Dyspnea, chest pain |
CT, ERCP |
Placement of an endoscopic stent, antibiotics |
Regression after three weeks |
Dhebri et al.5
|
F/47 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain, coughing |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, endoscopic sphyncterotomy, octreotide |
Lost to follow-up after discharge |
M/46 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain, coughing |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, endoscopic placement of pancreatic stents, octreotide |
Doing well after two months |
M/54 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain |
CT, ERCP, MRI |
Pleural drainage, ocreotide |
Doing well after six months |
Zubiaurre et al.19
|
M/40 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, back pain |
CT, MRI |
Pleural drainage, total parenteral nutrition |
Remission after one month |
Koshitani et al.20
|
M / 45 |
Alcoholic |
Fever, coughing |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, placement of an endoscopic stent |
No recurrence after 33 months |
M/56 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, placement of an endoscopic stent, percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst, distal pancreatectomy |
No recurrence after 20 months |
M/65 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea on exertion |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, endoscopic placement of stent |
No recurrence after eight months |
Cocieru et al.21
|
M/59 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
MRI, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, Frey procedure |
No recurrence after three years |
Vyas et al. 22
|
M/53 |
NR |
Dyspnea, fever, hemoptysis, chest pain |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, pancreaticojejunostomy |
NR |
Cooper et al.23
|
M/72 |
Pancreas pseudodivisum |
Dyspnea |
CT, EUS, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, EUS-guided placement of pancreatic stent, |
No recurrence after one year |
Thyagaraj et al.24
|
M/49 |
Alcoholic, incomplete pancreas divisum |
Dyspnea, chest pain, weight loss |
CT, MRI |
Pleural drainage, distal pancreatectomy |
NR |
Ferris et al. 25
|
F/51 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, epigastric pain |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, Endoscopic placement of stent, antibiotics |
Resolution in the immediate post-procedure period |
Sonoda et al.26
|
M/53 |
Alcoholic |
Dry coughing, dyspnea, heart palpitations |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, total parenteral nutrition, octreotide, distal pancreatectomy |
Doing well immediately after recovery from surgery |
Shah et al. 27
|
M/32 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain, coughing, abdominal pain |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Endoscopic placement of stent |
No recurrence after one year |
Mota et al. 28
|
F/52 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea |
CT |
Thoracocentesis, Partingon-Rochelle procedure |
Doing well immediately after recovery from surgery |
Gomes et al.29
|
M/44 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea at exertion, dry coughing, chest pain |
CT, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, total parenteral nutrition |
Regression of pleural effusion on discharge |
Hirosawa et al.30
|
M/58 |
Alcoholic |
Chest pain |
CT, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, endoscopic placement of stent, antibiotics |
Regression of pleural effusion on discharge; patient lost to follow-up and died after two years of an unknown cause |
Oh et al.31
|
M/32 |
Alcoholic |
Epigastric pain |
ERCP |
Pleural drainage, total parenteral nutrition, endoscopic placement of stent |
Regression after 4 weeks |
F/47 |
Post-ERCP Pancreatic duct stricture |
Epigastric pain, dyspnea |
ERCP, CT, MRI |
Endoscopic placement of stent |
No recurrence after two months |
Sánchez et al.32
|
M/51 |
Alcoholic |
Dyspnea, chest pain |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Thoracocentesis, distal enteral nutrition, octreotide, endoscopic placement of stent |
Asymptomatic after two years |
Soares et al.33
|
M/43 |
NR (HIV-positive under anti-retroviral therapy) |
Dyspnea |
CT, MRI, ERCP |
Pleural drainage, total parenteral nutrition, somatostatin analogs, endoscopic sphyncterotomy, distal pancreatectomy with Roux-en-Y pancreaticojejunostomy |
Regression of pleural effusion 10 days after surgery |