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Dec
Hemorrhagic Pancreatic Pseudocyst. It is also one of the most serious complications of chronic pancreatitis. We herein present a case of a. Intracystic hemorrhage from a pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially a lethal complication of pancreatic pseudocyst with an incidence of less than 10. 1 we report a 34 year old man with a hemorrhagic pseudocyst due to splenic artery pseudoaneurysm.
Pseudoaneurysm complicating pseudocyst is a rare occurrence and is reported in 10 of patients with chronic pancreatitis. They are not lined by epithelium thus pseudocysts rather a severe inflammatory reaction results in encapsulation of the cyst by fibrosed granulation tissue. A pseudocyst 3 cm in diameter had been detected in the head of the pancreas by ultrasonography a year and a half earlier. When the haemorrhagic pseudocyst ruptures into the peritoneum biliary tract or retroperitoneum it can present as hemosuccus pancreatitis hemobilia and retroperitoneal bleeding respectively. Prevalence of pancreatic pseudocyst in chronic pancreatitis is 20 to 40 and is most commonly seen in alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. The diagnosis was chronic pancreatitis.
Intracystic hemorrhage from a pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially a lethal complication of pancreatic pseudocyst with an incidence of less than 10.
A hemorrhagic pancreatic pseudocyst which follows pancreatitis is a severe complication that can lead to massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Hemorrhagic pseudoaneurysm of pancreatic pseudocyst is one of the serious complications of acute pancreatitis. It is also one of the most serious complications of chronic pancreatitis. A 50 year old man was admitted to our institution for upper abdominal pain. 1 we report a 34 year old man with a hemorrhagic pseudocyst due to splenic artery pseudoaneurysm. At the current hospitalization ultrasound examination showed a mass 5 cm in diameter where the pseudocyst had been seen.