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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2025; 17(9): 110424
Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.110424
Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.110424
Transpapillary drainage of pancreatic fluid leakage via a rigid trans-tumoral tract using a drill dilator: A case report
Makomo Makazu, Kazuya Koizumi, Jun Kubota, Karen Kimura, Sakue Masuda, Gastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the study conception and design; the first draft of the manuscript was written by Makazu M; Koizumi K, Kubota J, Kimura K, and Masuda S commented on the subsequent versions of the manuscript and read and approved the final manuscript.
Informed consent statement: The patient provided written informed consent for publication of her details.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Makomo Makazu, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan.
Received: June 10, 2025
Revised: July 2, 2025
Accepted: August 5, 2025
Published online: September 16, 2025
Processing time: 97 Days and 6.9 Hours
Revised: July 2, 2025
Accepted: August 5, 2025
Published online: September 16, 2025
Processing time: 97 Days and 6.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: We encountered a case of pancreatic fluid leakage with reactive left pleural effusion associated with pancreatic cancer. The guidewire traversed a relatively long distance through the tumor to reach the leakage site. Expanding this rigid tract was challenging with conventional dilators but was successfully achieved using a drill dilator. Placement of a drainage tube led to the resolution of both the pancreatic fluid leakage and reactive pleural effusion. When conventional or balloon dilators fail to expand the stenotic tract, a drill dilator may facilitate successful passage through the stricture.