Hemosuccus Pancreaticus in Chronic Pancreatitis: An Uncommon Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

We present a case of a 69-year-old female who arrived in hemorrhagic shock with symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Imaging on admission was diagnostic of a large splenic artery pseudoaneurysm, which was presumed to have bled into the pancreatic duct given clinical symptoms of upper gastroi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, William, Qi-Huang, Sunny, Ahmed, Zaid, Shah, Salman S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7708967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33274116
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_169_2020
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Sumario:We present a case of a 69-year-old female who arrived in hemorrhagic shock with symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Imaging on admission was diagnostic of a large splenic artery pseudoaneurysm, which was presumed to have bled into the pancreatic duct given clinical symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully treated with coil embolization resulting in resolution of clinical symptoms.

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