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Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause of hospitalization, having multiples possible etiologies, being well known his mains origins, but losing sensibility in front of infrequent entities. Therefore, this article's objective is to introduce a rare, and hence, not considered differential diagnosis that should not be excluded, the Hemossucus Pancreaticus. Methods: A patient's case with upper gastrointestinal bleeding of unknow origin is presented, who has been studied through a six months lapse, in which, during his evolution he develops a hemodynamic instability state. Results: The case of a patient with a rare etiology of gastrointestinal bleeding, in which the diagnosis is reached after multiple procedures, given the ignorance of the underlying pathology, and therefore not expected. Conclusion: This entity is seen, mainly, in patient whit a history of alcoholism, chronic pancreatitis or aneurysm peripancreatic arteries. It's shown as an acute bleeding's case or, most commonly, as intermittent episodes whit the presence of melena. The current literature recommends multiple invasive and non-invasive diagnostic methods, and two therapeutic options: embolizati

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Author

V. Cardona; L. Pierini; P. Angel; G. Hevia Alejandro; R. Alejandro

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)