title: Gastric variceal bleed in a patient without liver cirrhosis: an unusual cause of haematemesis.
abstract: Tumours of the pancreas presenting as haematemesis are rare entities, with scarce documentation in literature. We report a 50-year-old woman who presented with haematemesis secondary to gastric fundal variceal bleeding due to splenic vein occlusion by a large mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas. We also review the literature pertaining to unusual pathologies presenting as haematemesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. faisal.ismail@aku.edu
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mumtaz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jafri
mesh_terms: D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000473:pathology