Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices
Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are an uncommon form of exocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. Symptoms are most often vague and this makes the diagnosis more difficult. The current case is one of three cases yet reported where the MCN caused left-sided portal hypertension leading to the formation of i...
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| description | Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are an uncommon form of exocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. Symptoms are most often vague and this makes the diagnosis more difficult. The current case is one of three cases yet reported where the MCN caused left-sided portal hypertension leading to the formation of isolated gastric varices and subsequent bleeding from the varices. In the previously reported cases the main symptom was hematemesis. However in the current case the patient experienced no hematemesis, only isolated incidents of dark coloured diarrhea, but the main symptoms were those of iron-deficiency anemia. We present the case report of a 34-year-old woman who presented with dizziness and lethargy and was found to have 12 cm MCN in the pancreas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-651ef55008fc4266b4a8786f34b7e1a12025-02-03T01:22:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362014-01-01201410.1155/2014/956490956490Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric VaricesHelga Thrainsdottir0Vigdis Petursdottir1Sigurdur Blöndal2Einar S. Björnsson3Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, IcelandDepartment of Pathology, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, IcelandDepartment of Surgery, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, IcelandSection of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, IcelandMucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are an uncommon form of exocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. Symptoms are most often vague and this makes the diagnosis more difficult. The current case is one of three cases yet reported where the MCN caused left-sided portal hypertension leading to the formation of isolated gastric varices and subsequent bleeding from the varices. In the previously reported cases the main symptom was hematemesis. However in the current case the patient experienced no hematemesis, only isolated incidents of dark coloured diarrhea, but the main symptoms were those of iron-deficiency anemia. We present the case report of a 34-year-old woman who presented with dizziness and lethargy and was found to have 12 cm MCN in the pancreas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956490 |
| spellingShingle | Helga Thrainsdottir Vigdis Petursdottir Sigurdur Blöndal Einar S. Björnsson Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices |
| title_full | Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices |
| title_fullStr | Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices |
| title_short | Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices |
| title_sort | pancreatic mass leading to left sided portal hypertension causing bleeding from isolated gastric varices |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956490 |
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