Clin Endosc.  2021 Mar;54(2):293-294. 10.5946/ce.2021.085.

Gastrointestinal Bleeding Of Unknown Origin In Patients With Splenic Aneurysm

• Kim J

• KMID: 2514189
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2021.085

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  Fig. 1. (A-C) Gastroscopy demonstrating blood in the duodenum and suspicious active bleeding from the orifice of ampulla of Vater. (D-E) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrating parenchymal swelling and an early enhancing lesion of the uncinate process of the pancreas.

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  Fig. 2. (A) Celiac angiography shows a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm at the splenic hilum. (B) Surgical specimen demonstrates pseudoaneurysm with blood at splenic hilum.

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