Open AccessA rare complication of severe acute pancreatitis: the portal vein compression resulting in uncontrollable gastric ulcer bleeding � a case report
Author(s) -
Jun Xie,
Yiming Wan,
Hongming Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7396/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , pancreatitis , portal vein , surgery , acute pancreatitis , general surgery
A 43-year-old male with a diagnosis of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) was admitted to our hospital. After receiving the step-up approach for three weeks, the patient had a sudden hematemesis (nearly 400 ml). Gastroscopy and computed tomography (CT) were performed on the same day, revealing a gastric ulcer with a hemorrhage and the portal vein was extremely compressed by peripancreatic fluid collections in the retroperitoneal space.