title: [Pancreatic pseudocysts complicated by hemorrhage and infection].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The occurrence of bleeding complications secondary to the development of pancreatic pseudocysts is rare but associated with high mortality.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of pancreatic pseudocyst complicated by hemorrhage and infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 62 years old patient with history of severe acute pancreatitis two months ago consulted for abdominal pain associate with fever and internal bleeding. CT scan showed a heterogeneous PK complicated by hematoma of the ACE and hemoperitoneum. The emergency surgical treatment showed a PK superinfected with erosion of the splenic artery. It was directed by a left splenopancreatectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therapeutic management of hemorrhagic complications of pancreatic pseudo cysts is surgery despite the contribution of artério-embolisation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale Hôpital Habib Bougatfa, Bizerte.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Moussa
authors.forename: Mohamed Neji
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Feki
authors.forename: Oussama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baraket
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaari
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saidani
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouchoucha
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000473:pathology