Open AccessGastric Subserosal Hematoma Developing from Focal Pancreatitis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Chou ChenTe,
Chen RanChou,
Yang Albert D.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70040-3
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , acute pancreatitis , hematoma , radiology , percutaneous , abdomen , gastrectomy , general surgery , surgery , cancer
Pancreatitis complicated by gastric wall hemorrhagic is rarely reported. The imaging findings of focal pancreatitis with gastric wall hemorrhage can mimic a disease entity of gastric origin. We report a case of gastric subserosal hematoma developing in a patient with focal pancreatitis. The patient was initially scheduled to receive subtotal gastrectomy due to a presumed diagnosis of a disease entity of gastric origin. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed focal pancreatitis that had eroded the gastric wall resulting in subserosal hemorrhage. The radiologist informed the surgeon of the possibility of focal pancreatitis complicated by gastric hemorrhage. The gastric subserosal hematoma was treated with percutaneous drainage and the patient recovered uneventfully.