A team of doctors of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology has successfully managed a case of rare disease of the pancreas by laparoscopic method (key hole surgery). Young female was suffering from pain in the abdomen due collection of fluid in the pancreas for many months.
Earlier, she was diagnosed as pseudocyst of the pancreas due to acute pancreatitis and received treatment at other places but there was no relief in symptoms.
Then she consulted in the department of Surgical Gastroenterology, AIIMS, Bhopal. Here, the doctors found out that she was suffering from a rare disease of the pancreas which is known as the hydatid cyst.
A team of doctors of the department decided to remove this cyst by laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) method and successfully removed the cyst.
This operation was difficult as the cyst was large and it was involving the part of the pancreas that was close to major vessels and other vital structures. Department of Anaesthesia contributed in conducting this difficult operation successfully.
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Pathology of AIIMS, Bhopal specially contributed in the making the correct diagnosis.
Hydatid cyst disease occurs from infection of a worm. This mainly affects the liver. Involvement of the pancreas is very rare. Only 33 cases are reported across the globe in last 10 years.
Recently, this case study has been published by the Korean Association of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery in its international journal.