Hemosuccus Pancreaticus due to primary splenic artery aneurysm: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-52

  Massani, Marco ^a   Bridda, Alessio ^a   Caratozzolo, Ezio ^a   Bonariol, Luca ^a   Antoniutti, Michele ^a   Bassi, Nicolò ^a  

^a Regional Hospital C Foncello   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Pancreatic ducts; Pancreatic fistula; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Splenic diseases

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANEURYSM; ANGIODYSPLASIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHORESIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSUCCUS PANCREATICUS; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MELENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOCYST; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOPANCREATECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION; BLEEDING; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANEURYSM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPLENIC ARTERY;

EID: 60549088352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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