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Table 1 Complications caused by pancreatic cysts in VHL disease

From: Pancreatic cyst development: insights from von Hippel-Lindau disease

Reference [No.]

No. of patients

Symptoms

Diagnosis

Therapeutic intervention

[17]

1

Jaundice

Bile duct obstruction

Surgery

[19]

1

Jaundice

Bile duct obstruction

Biliary stent

[20]

2

Jaundice

Bile duct obstruction

Surgery

[12]

2

Jaundice

Bile duct obstruction

Surgery

[22]

1

Abdominal pain, jaundice and fever

Bile duct obstruction

Surgery

[23]

1

Pruritis

Bile duct obstruction

Surgery

[10]

2

Abdominal pain

Pressure/ obstruction

1 Drainage

    

1 Surgery

[10]

1

Not reported

Necrotizing pancreatitis

Expectative

[21]

1

Vomiting

Pressure on stomach and duodenum

Surgery

[13]

1

Abdominal swelling

Hemosuccus pancreaticus

Surgery

[18]

1

Abdominal swelling

Duodenal compression

Surgery