Cystoduodenostomy is indicated for pseudocysts in the head and uncinate process of the pancreas. Cystojejunostomy is appropriate for all other cysts and for extremely large pseudocysts (> 15 cm ...

However, when the pseudocyst is located in the head or body of the pancreas, the choice of drainage method employed first -- transpapillary or EUS-guided transenteric -- is more controversial.

Pseudocysts can often be observed until resolution ... Identification of a large mass often involving the head and body of the pancreas should raise suspicion. Percutaneous or EUS-guided biopsy will ...

Furthermore, most pseudocysts will be found to have a ... At that time retrograde pancreatography had shown a cyst in the head of the pancreas, for which a sphincterotomy had been performed ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...