Rupture of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with massive upper gastrointestinal bleed.
Splenic artery pseudoaneurysms develop in as many as 10% of patients with acute pancreatitis. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients with pancreatitis who develop either upper gastrointestinal bleeding without an obvious cause or in whom a contrast-enhanced lesion is demonstrated within or adjacent to a suspected pseudocyst as determined by computed tomography scan.
Balsarkar
Dharmesh J
DJ
Department of General Surgery and Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India. djbalsarkar@yahoo.com
Joshi
Mohan A
MA
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed