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Ruptured Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysm with Chronic Pancreatitis Presenting as Recurrent Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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We are grateful to the surgery and radiology teams at Mackay Memorial Hospital: Dr. H.-B. Lam (Department of Surgery) and Dr. F.-S. Yang (Department of Radiology). We also thank Dr. M. J. Buttrey for revision of the English manuscript and Dr. K.F Li for preparation of the figures.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

    Huan-Lin Chen, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Shou-Chuan Shih & Tsang-En Wang

  2. Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Fei-Shih Yang

  3. Division of General Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hung-Bun Lam

  4. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Chung Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tsang-En Wang

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Chen, HL., Chang, WH., Shih, SC. et al. Ruptured Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysm with Chronic Pancreatitis Presenting as Recurrent Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Dig Dis Sci 52, 3149–3153 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9636-9

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