Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithms in Case of a “Difficult” Diagnosis in Patients with Pancreatic Pseudocysts

There is given a case of successful diagnostics and treatment of an inpatient of hematological and surgical department. The patient had mass lesion in left hypochondrium. There are demonstrated the possibilities of complex application of ultrasound and computer tomography, as well as exploratory and therapeutic puncture under echoscopy control to treat patients with pseudocysts of tail of pancreas.

There are suggested optimal ways to minimize diagnostic and treatment errors in examination of a patient with mass lesions in left hypochondrium.

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