Intrapancreatic guidewire outer coat stripping during endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: A rare complication

Intrapancreatic guidewire outer coat stripping during endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: A rare complication

To cite this article: Adioui T, et al. Intrapancreatic guidewire outer coat stripping during endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: A rare comp...

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To cite this article: Adioui T, et al. Intrapancreatic guidewire outer coat stripping during endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: A rare complication. Presse Med. (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lpm.2016.11.027 Presse Med. 2016; //: ///

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discharge of calcic fragments. At that moment, the guidewire was incrusted around calculi. Attempts to withdraw the guidewire caused stripping and fragmentation of distal floppy coating (figure 2). The patient presented no acute complication. We decided then to merely monitor the patient due to absence of symptoms, and surgery will be considered depending on the subsequent evolution. Guidewire fracture and retention into common bile duct is a known complication during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Proposed mechanisms are excessive traction, imperfections of the floppy coating with the risk of electrical short circuit and forceful rotations. Potential risks of guidewire retention include infection or abscess formation

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A 31 year-old man with a history of recent diabetes was admitted for acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Laboratory tests showed elevated lipase and leukocytosis. On CT scan, pancreas was atrophic with dilated main pancreatic duct (MPD) and multiple parenchymal and intraductal calcifications. After etiological investigation, the diagnosis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis was retained. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed irregular and dilated MPD with multiple filling defects (figure 1). Using a Boston scientific 0,035'' Endoglide coated straight tip Jagwire and a triple lumen sphincterotome, pancreatic sphincterotomy was performed allowing spontaneous

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Figure 2

Cholangiopancreatography showing irregular and dilated MPD. Note the stripping of the tip and fracture of the floppy coat (arrow)

A: plain abdominal radiograph showing fragmented floppy coat around a pancreatic calculus. B: after withdrawal, the guidewire was sheared with visible tungsten fill

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To cite this article: Adioui T, et al. Intrapancreatic guidewire outer coat stripping during endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: A rare complication. Presse Med. (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lpm.2016.11.027

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T. Adioui, M. Tamzaourte, Y. Touibi, F. Rouibaa, A. Aourarh

due to foreign body reaction and impedance to drainage. However, guidewire fracture into main pancreatic duct is exceptional and only three cases have been reported. The fractured guidewire was remained in situ in one patient with no complications and a Whipple's procedure was necessary in the others patients both to remove guidewire fragment and pancreatico-lithiasis [1,2]. Acknowledgements: authors do not want to configure any acknowledgments and disclose no financial relationships relevant to this publication. Authors' contribution: Aziz Aourarh and Fedoua Rouibaa realized ERCP. Tarik Adioui, Youssef Touibi and Mouna Tamzaourte evaluated the patient and wrote the manuscript.

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Disclosure of interest: the authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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