[A pancreatic pseudocyst associated with three simultaneous hemorragic complications].
The onset of secondary hemorrhagic complications with the development of pancreatic pseudocysts is rare but has a high mortality rate. Management of the hemorrhagic complications of pancreatic pseudocysts is surgical despite the contribution of arterial embolization. We report the observation of a 59-year-old patient who had presented an episode of acute pancreatitis 1 month before consulting for abdominal pain associated with an episode of melena. The CT showed a pancreatic pseudocyst complicated by an intracystic tear, a splenic artery aneurysm in the Wirsung canal, and rupture of the spleen. These three lesions were treated simultaneously with left splenopancreatectomy starting with the splenic vessels. The simultaneous onset of three hemorrhagic complications of a pseudocyst is exceptional and has never been described to our knowledge.
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Service de Chirurgie Viscérale et Digestive, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris V - Paris.
Lefevre
J H
JH
Terris
B
B
Silvera
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S
Randone
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B
Soubrane
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Scatton
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D000208:Acute Disease; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome