Pancreatic pseudocyst haemorrhage presenting as a bleeding duodenal ulcer.
We present a case of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage where the preoperative endoscopic findings suggested a duodenal ulcer as the cause. Although at operation this proved to be the site of bleeding, the source was found to be the splenic artery in the base of a pancreatic pseudocyst.
Muckart
D J
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Department of Surgery, University of Natal, Durban, Republic of South Africa.
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D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013157:Splenic Artery