The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus

Hemosuccus pancreaticus (HP) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. It was described by Lawal and Farrel in 1931. This disorder has also been referred to as pseudohemobilia or wirsungorrhagia, caused by bleeding into the pancreatic duct. The rarity of this condition can pose a diagnosti...

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Autores principales: Ugonabo, Onyinye S, Elghezewi, Adnan, Ezeh, Ebubechukwu, Reynolds, James, Sherif, Ahmed, Frandah, Wesam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36004022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27106
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author Ugonabo, Onyinye S
Elghezewi, Adnan
Ezeh, Ebubechukwu
Reynolds, James
Sherif, Ahmed
Frandah, Wesam
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Ezeh, Ebubechukwu
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description Hemosuccus pancreaticus (HP) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. It was described by Lawal and Farrel in 1931. This disorder has also been referred to as pseudohemobilia or wirsungorrhagia, caused by bleeding into the pancreatic duct. The rarity of this condition can pose a diagnostic challenge. HP is life-threatening and requires immediate attention. The commonly used treatment modality is coil embolization. Surgery is considered in the case of failed embolization or uncontrolled bleeding. Described below, is a case of a 72-year-old female with a history of chronic pancreatitis who presented with anemia secondary to bleeding peripancreatic varices.
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spelling pubmed-93924702022-08-23 The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus Ugonabo, Onyinye S Elghezewi, Adnan Ezeh, Ebubechukwu Reynolds, James Sherif, Ahmed Frandah, Wesam Cureus Gastroenterology Hemosuccus pancreaticus (HP) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. It was described by Lawal and Farrel in 1931. This disorder has also been referred to as pseudohemobilia or wirsungorrhagia, caused by bleeding into the pancreatic duct. The rarity of this condition can pose a diagnostic challenge. HP is life-threatening and requires immediate attention. The commonly used treatment modality is coil embolization. Surgery is considered in the case of failed embolization or uncontrolled bleeding. Described below, is a case of a 72-year-old female with a history of chronic pancreatitis who presented with anemia secondary to bleeding peripancreatic varices. Cureus 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9392470/ /pubmed/36004022 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27106 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ugonabo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Gastroenterology
Ugonabo, Onyinye S
Elghezewi, Adnan
Ezeh, Ebubechukwu
Reynolds, James
Sherif, Ahmed
Frandah, Wesam
The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title_full The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title_fullStr The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title_full_unstemmed The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title_short The Tale of a Bleeding Tree: A Rare Case of Peripancreatic Variceal Hemorrhage Causing Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
title_sort tale of a bleeding tree: a rare case of peripancreatic variceal hemorrhage causing hemosuccus pancreaticus
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36004022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27106
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