Endosonar pseudocyst drainage without fluoroscopy during pregnancy : an optimal indication for a technique : case report

Abstract

A 28 year old female presented to a regional hospital in early February 2011 with severe gallstone pancreatitis. She required admission to the Intensive Care Unit where she was mechanically ventilated for 11 days, as a result of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. She was 7 weeks pregnant at the time.