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Hemosuccus pancreaticus due to a noninflammatory pancreatic pseudotumor
Darling Ruiz Cerrato1, Besem Beteck, Neeraj Sardana
1Department of Medicine, Saint Agnes Hospital. Baltimore, MD, USA. steven.cunningham@stagnes.org.
Context:
Hemosuccus pancreaticus is a rare source of gastrointestinal bleeding, the most frequent cause of which is pancreatitis, followed by tumors, but nearly all these tumors are true neoplasms, and not pseudotumors. Furthermore, nearly all pseudotumors of the pancreas and retroperitoneum are inflammatory.
Case Report:
We present a case of hemosuccus pancreaticus associated with a nonneoplastic noninflammatory pseudotumor of the pancreas.
Conclusions:
Pancreatic pseudotumors are not always inflammatory and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding associated with hemosuccus pancreaticus.
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