title: Hemosuccus pancreaticus due to a noninflammatory pancreatic pseudotumor.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hemosuccus pancreaticus is a rare source of gastrointestinal bleeding, the most frequent cause of which is pancreatitis, followed by tumors, but nearly all these tumors are true neoplasms, and not pseudotumors. Furthermore, nearly all pseudotumors of the pancreas and retroperitoneum are inflammatory.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of hemosuccus pancreaticus associated with a nonneoplastic noninflammatory pseudotumor of the pancreas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pancreatic pseudotumors are not always inflammatory and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding associated with hemosuccus pancreaticus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Saint Agnes Hospital. Baltimore, MD, USA. steven.cunningham@stagnes.org.
authors.forename: Darling Ruiz
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cerrato
authors.forename: Besem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beteck
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sardana
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farooqui
authors.forename: Danisha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cunningham