Necrotizing pancreatitis complicated by oesophageal haemorrhage

Pancreatology. 2014 Mar-Apr;14(2):146-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 22.

Abstract

Bleeding is a rare complication of pancreatic pseudocyst. We describe an exceptional case of necrotizing pseudocyst with mediastinal extension providing cataclysmic oesophageal haemorrhage. The patient was successfully treated by adequate endoscopic, radiological and surgical management.

Keywords: Arteriography; Chronic pancreatitis; Embolization; Oesophageal haemorrhage; Pseudocyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Esophageal Diseases / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / complications*
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / surgery
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / complications*
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed