Pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding.
Gastrointestinal bleeding from a pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare condition that is diagnostically and therapeutically challenging. A 78-year-old woman with a history of acute pancreatitis due to gallstones was hospitalized for abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastroscopy revealed blood extruding from the papilla of Vater. A computed tomography scan revealed hemorrhage into a pancreatic pseudocyst. The patient was successfully treated by coil embolization.
Department of Surgery A, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Heykal
H
Bedioui
Sofiene
S
Ayadi
Amine
A
Daghfous
Mohamed
M
Jouini
Malek
M
Bakhtri
Hatem
H
Rajhi
Faouzi
F
Chebbi
Fadhel
F
Fteriche
Rachid
R
Ksantini
Montassar J
MJ
Kacem
Zoubeir
Z
Ben Safta
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed