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. 2023 Jun;18(4):1221-1223.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03242-7. Epub 2023 Mar 6.

An undetectable source of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding: hemosuccus pancreaticus

Raffaele Borriello  1 , Roberta Massaro  2 , Valeria Abbate  3 , Antonio Gasbarrini  3
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An undetectable source of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding: hemosuccus pancreaticus

Raffaele Borriello et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2023 Jun.
No abstract available

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1
The abdominal angiography-CT scan (panels A, B) shows a pseudoaneurysm of the left gastric artery with blood extravasation into the pancreatic pseudocyst (yellow arrow). The diagnosis of hemosuccus pancreaticus was also confirmed byMR cholangio-pancreatography (MRCP, panels C and D), which confirmed the abnormal communication among the pseudocyst and the left gastric artery (see text below)
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