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. 1989 Oct;65(768):748–749. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.65.768.748

Pancreatic pseudocyst haemorrhage presenting as a bleeding duodenal ulcer.

D J Muckart 1, P Bade 1
PMCID: PMC2429846  PMID: 2616402

Abstract

We present a case of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage where the preoperative endoscopic findings suggested a duodenal ulcer as the cause. Although at operation this proved to be the site of bleeding, the source was found to be the splenic artery in the base of a pancreatic pseudocyst.

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