Hemosuccus pancreaticus: causa rara de hemorragia digestiva maciça / Hemosuccus pancreaticus: a rare case of massive digestive hemorrhage
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
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26(2): 127-9, mar.-abr. 1999.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-271050
ABSTRACT
Hemosuccus pancreaticus is a unusual syndrome manifested by hemorrhage into the pancreatic duct and by blood loss through the ampulla of Vater. It may be caused by tumors, arteriovenous malformation, pancreatic lithiasis, aneurism rupture from adjacent vessels, or erosion of pancreatic and peripancreatic vessels due to chronic pancreatitis. The authors describe a case of massive and recurrent gastrointestinal upper hemorrhage in a 26-year-old man without known risk factors for pancreatitis. This man underwent urgent surgery due to gastrointestinal bleeding during the investigation. During the procedure, blood was found in the intestinal lumen and a tumor in the head of pancreas with two centimeters of diameter. A gastroduodenopancreatectomy was performed. Histological study showed chronic pancreatitis with a fistula from the pancreatic vessels to the Wirsung duct. The patient was discharged without postoperative complications and after months, remains assymptomatic
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Main subject:
Pancreatitis
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
Journal subject:
General Surgery
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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