Acute-on-chronic pancreatitis complicated with mediastinal pseudocysts and cardiac tamponade: A case report and literature review.

The clinical course and severity of pancreatitis might vary largely. Pancreatitis-related thoracic complications might be life-threatening but frequently ignored. We report an alcoholic patient who initially presented to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and acute-on-chronic pancreatitis with massive pancreatic pleural effusion.