Digestive Diseases and Sciences

, Volume 52, Issue 11, pp 3149–3153 | Cite as

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

  • Huan-Lin Chen
  • Wen-Hsiung Chang
  • Shou-Chuan Shih
  • Tsang-En Wang
  • Fei-Shih Yang
  • Hung-Bun Lam
Case Report
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Keywords

Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm Upper gastrointestinal bleeding Chronic pancreatitis Celiac trunk stenosis 
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Acknowledgments

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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Authors and Affiliations

  • Huan-Lin Chen
    • 1
  • Wen-Hsiung Chang
    • 1
  • Shou-Chuan Shih
    • 1
  • Tsang-En Wang
    • 1
    • 4
  • Fei-Shih Yang
    • 2
  • Hung-Bun Lam
    • 3
  1. 1.Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay MedicineNursing and Management CollegeTaipeiTaiwan
  2. 2.Department of RadiologyMackay Memorial HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
  3. 3.Division of General SurgeryMackay Memorial HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
  4. 4.Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal MedicineMackay Memorial HospitalTaipeiTaiwan

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