A rare complication of severe acute pancreatitis: the portal vein compression resulting in uncontrollable gastric ulcer bleeding � a case report | Zendy

Jun Xie | Zendy; Yafeng Wan | Zendy; Hongming Liu | Zendy

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A rare complication of severe acute pancreatitis: the portal vein compression resulting in uncontrollable gastric ulcer bleeding � a case report

Author(s) -

Jun Xie,

Yafeng Wan,

Hongming Liu

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

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 , acute pancreatitis , surgery , radiology

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.

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