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Sudden death due to rupture of the arteria pancreatica magna: a complication of an immature pseudocyst in chronic pancreatitis

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Massive haemorrhage due to rupture of single pancreatic or peripancreatic vessels is a very rare but potentially lethal complication of acute and chronic pancreatitis. The splenic, gastroduodenal, and pancreatoduodenal arteries are the more commonly involved vessels, and rupture occurs mostly as a complication of large mature pseudocysts. We report a sudden death due to massive bleeding caused by rupture of the great pancreatic artery (arteria pancreatica magna), a complication of a small immature pseudocyst, in a 49-year-old male alcoholic with inactive chronic pancreatitis.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, PO Box 40 (Kytösuontie 11), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland e-mail: philippe.lunetta@helsinki.fi, Tel.: +358-0-19127473, Fax: +358-19127518, , , , , , FI

    P. Lunetta, A. Penttilä & A. Sajantila

  2. Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, Hartmaninkatu 3, University of Helsinki, 00300, Finland, , , , , , FI

    R. Salovaara

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Received: 24 January 2001 / Accepted: 20 June 2001

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Lunetta, P., Penttilä, A., Salovaara, R. et al. Sudden death due to rupture of the arteria pancreatica magna: a complication of an immature pseudocyst in chronic pancreatitis. Int J Leg Med 116, 43–46 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140100247

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