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Massive lower GI hemorrhage in hemoductal pancreatitis

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A patient presenting with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding had angiographic demonstration of direct communication between the splenic artery and a dilated pancreatic duct caused by chronic pancreatitis. Previous reports in the literature of similar cases of hemoductal pancreatitis describe hemorrhage from splenic artery pseudoaneurysms.

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  1. Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA

    Gordon E. Melville M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, The Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA

    Daniel D. Maxwell

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Melville, G.E., Maxwell, D.D. Massive lower GI hemorrhage in hemoductal pancreatitis. Gastrointest Radiol 8, 145–146 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948108

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