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AN OBSCURE CASE OF HÆMATEMESIS AND MELÆNA INVOLVING BLEEDING PANCREATICO–DUODENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM
Author(s) -
Lane Daniel
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb103447.x
Subject(s) - duodenum , medicine , angiography , radiology , aneurysm , surgery , general surgery
From time to time cases of hæmatemesis and melæna are encountered in which the diagnosis remains unsolved. The following case report illustrates a rare cause of bleeding into the duodenum which might have been diagnosed preoperatively by using selective angiography.