Splenic arterial hemorrhage in pancreatitis: report of three cases.
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a rare complication of pancreatitis and can involve any of the peripancreatic vessels. The three cases reported herein illustrate the involvement of the splenic artery in diverse forms of pancreatitis: chronic pancreatitis, a pancreatic pseudocyst, and necrotizing pancreatitis. Bleeding was controlled in all cases by a bipolar ligation of the bleeding vessel at surgery.
Singh
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Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Lobo
D R
DR
Jindal
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Marwaha
R K
RK
Khanna
S K
SK
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery