Invasive pancreatic cancer presenting as gastrointestinal hemorrhage--a case report.
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is not uncommonly seen by the surgical practitioner. We present a case of a patient who presented with melena and syncope, who was subsequently found to have invasive metastatic pancreatic cancer as his source of bleed.
Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, USA. joy_rusche@trihealth.com
Aislinn
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Vaughan
JoAnn
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Lohr
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed