Haemosuccus pancreaticus: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Haemosuccus pancreaticus due to aberrant vessels from the coeliac trunk: a rare cause of Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Haemosuccus pancreaticus (HP) is a rare life-threatening cause of intermittent upper Gastrointestinal bleeding. We report the first documented case of HP due to bleeding from aberrant vessels originating from the coeliac trunk feeding the head of the pancreas. Our patient underwent initial surgery and subsequent angio-embolization. This case report describes the challenges faced during the diag...

Haemosuccus Pancreaticus in Chronic Pancreatitis — Diagnosis and Treatment

Haemosuccus pancreaticus, a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is most commonly caused by lesions in the oesophagus, stomach or duodenum. In a minority of cases the bleeding originates from the pancreatic duct, and is known as haemosuccus pancreaticus. In many cases it is associated with chronic pancreatitis. Diagnostic strategies and therapeutic options are discussed.

Sepsis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6 Semmelweis St., Szeged 6725, Hungary 24th Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str., 12462 Athens, Greece 3Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 4Department o...

Haemosuccus pancreaticus due to true splenic artery aneurysm: a rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding

"Haemosuccus pancreaticus" is an unusual cause of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and results from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm into the pancreatic duct. More commonly, it is a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery which develops as sequelae of pancreatitis. However, true aneurysm of the splenic artery without pancreatitis has rarely been incriminated as the etiologic factor of this...