[Digestive hemorrhage as a complication of a pancreatic pseudocyst]

A study was made at the Padua University Second Surgical Clinic--located in Verona--on four cases of digestive haemorrhage in patients with pancreatic pseudo-cysts. The psysiopatological, diagnostic and therapeutic problems inherent in this pathology are discussed. In particular, attention is drawn to the need for and difficulty of marking a correct diagnosis in good time, and the utility, for such purpose, of endoscopic examinations and selective arteriography of the coeliac tripod and the superior mesenteric artery. Lastly, the various possibilities that surgery offers in the treatment of this disease are mentioned.