Pancreatogenic portal hypertension in 20 cases / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the causes, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatogenic portal hyperten-sion.Methods 20 cases of panereatogenic portal hypertension were analyzed retrospectively.Clinical features were analyzed.Results The causes of them included chronic panereatitis in 15 cases, pancreatic carcinoma in 3 cases, pancreatic tuberculosis and pancreatic injury in 2 eases.Lieneetomy was performed in all 20 cases and all with a satisfactory results.Conclusions Lienectomy is the first choice in treatment of pancreatogenic portal hy-pertension.If the primary disease being early and properly treated, surgery may be avoided.