title: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to splenic artery aneurysm pancreatic duct fistula in chronic pancreatitis. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to splenic artery aneurysm pancreatic duct fistula in chronic pancreatitis is rare. It is, however, important to diagnose this condition particularly in patients having chronic pancreatitis, since it may result in a life-threatening situation. The diagnosis is usually difficult to establish and it may take repeated admissions for intermittent gastrointestinal bleeding until the real source is recognized. Clinical attacks of epigastric pain followed by GI-bleeding 30-40 minutes later are characteristic. Occasionally these attacks are followed by transient jaundice. The present case report describes this rare complication and reviews the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seiler
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D013157:Splenic Artery