Table 1.
Patient demographics, presenting symptoms, aetiologies and investigations in the study sample (n= 31)
| Mean age, years (range) | 34 + 12 (11–55) |
| Male : female | 26:5 |
| Presenting symptoms | |
| Haematemesis, n | 10 (8%) |
| Malena, n | 31 (65%) |
| Pain in the abdomen, n | 25 (80%) |
| Worsening anaemia, n | 30 (97%) |
| Aetiology | |
| Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, n | 12 |
| Tropical chronic pancreatitis, n | 16 |
| Alcoholic acute pancreatitis, n | 02 |
| Idiopathic pancreatitis, n | 1 |
| Transfusion requirements, units (range) | 6 (3–12) |
| Investigations, positive yield | |
| Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy | 16/31 (51%) |
| Ultrasound and Doppler study | 12/31 (38%) |
| Contrast-enhanced computed tomography | 28/31 (90%) |
| Selective angiography | 23/26 (88%) |