Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature
Large upper gastro intestinal (GI) bleeding can be life-threatening. Splenic artery pseudoaenurysm (SAP) is rare but can cause massive upper GI bleeding. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman who had massive upper GI bleeding from SAP eroding into distal duodenum. Literature review shows SAP can b...
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| description | Large upper gastro intestinal (GI) bleeding can be life-threatening. Splenic artery pseudoaenurysm (SAP) is rare but can cause massive upper GI bleeding. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman who had massive upper GI bleeding from SAP eroding into distal duodenum. Literature review shows SAP can bleed into stomach or pancreatic pseudocyst or biliary tree and peritoneal cavity; however, there are no previous reported cases of SAP bleeding into distal duodenum. Splenic artery embolization (SAE) is the preferred treatment for a bleeding SAP. Splenic infarcts can result following a SAE. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a21b163b0db1483688bc4d2525fbcdb72025-02-03T01:12:40ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362019-01-01201910.1155/2019/85289068528906Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of LiteraturePuneet Menaria0Venkata Muddana1Department of Hospital Medicine, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Suite 305, Medical Office Building 2, West K.K. River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USAClinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, 2900 W. Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USALarge upper gastro intestinal (GI) bleeding can be life-threatening. Splenic artery pseudoaenurysm (SAP) is rare but can cause massive upper GI bleeding. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman who had massive upper GI bleeding from SAP eroding into distal duodenum. Literature review shows SAP can bleed into stomach or pancreatic pseudocyst or biliary tree and peritoneal cavity; however, there are no previous reported cases of SAP bleeding into distal duodenum. Splenic artery embolization (SAE) is the preferred treatment for a bleeding SAP. Splenic infarcts can result following a SAE.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8528906 |
| spellingShingle | Puneet Menaria Venkata Muddana Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full | Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_short | Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_sort | unusual case of life threatening gastro intestinal bleed from a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm case report and review of literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8528906 |
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