Hematemesis due to a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery secondary to gastric tuberculosis.
Gastric tuberculosis (TB) is very rare compared with other sites in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and upper GI bleeding is an extremely rare manifestation of gastric TB. Also, a pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon cause of GI bleeding and is often encountered with pancreatitis. To our knowledge, no case of GI bleeding due to a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery secondary to gastric TB has been reported previously. We report a patient who presented with hematemesis due to a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery secondary to gastric TB.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Gwangju, 501-757, South Korea. kjkrad@chonnam.chonnam.ac.kr
Jae Kyu
JK
Kim
Seok Kyun
SK
Chung
Woong
W
Yoon
Yong Yeon
YY
Jeong
Heoung Keun
HK
Kang
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013157:Splenic Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery