1. Massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding – complication of pancreatic pseudocyst
- Author
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Mavrodin, CI, Pariza, G, Iordache, V, and Pop, CS
- Subjects
Gastrostomy ,Hemostasis, Endoscopic ,cystogastrostomy ,pancreatitis ,Hemorrhage ,Middle Aged ,digestive system diseases ,Upper Gastrointestinal Tract ,Treatment Outcome ,upper gastrointestinal bleeding ,Pancreatic Pseudocyst ,Humans ,General Article ,Ultrasonography - Abstract
Massive bleeding is an unusual complication of pancreatitis. Most patients have chronic pancreatic disorders associated with pancreatic pseudocyst. We present the case of a patient, aged 49 years, known with alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis, corporeal-caudal pancreatic pseudocyst expanded in the omental bursa, admitted to the emergency room because of hematemesis and melena, the endoscopy revealing, as a source, the erosion through the posterior gastric wall by the pseudocyst. The gastrostomy and haemostasis in situ of the source and the pseudocyst-gastric anastomosis was the solution adopted, with favourable long-term evolution.
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- 2014