A tricky pancreatic stone face to an expanding endoscopic armamentarium: we can lose a battle but not the war.

A tricky pancreatic stone face to an expanding endoscopic armamentarium: we can lose a battle but not the war. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Oct 02;111: Authors: Pérez-Cuadrado Robles E, Kisoka P, Alexandre B, Deprez PH Abstract A 43-year-old female with hereditary chronic pancreatitis presented with increasing pancreatic pain and multiple pancreatic stones, despite extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy and pancreatic stenting 12 months previously. Direct lithotripsy was performed via endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography and the stones were further evaluated. PMID: 31595757 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas - October 11, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rev Esp Enferm Dig Source Type: research