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Yang, Son, and Lee: Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Pancreatic Pseudocyst
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 74(6): 362-364.

Published online: 26 December 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.74.6.362

Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Pancreatic Pseudocyst

Seo Hee Yang, Jun Hyuk Son, Yoon Suk Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.

Correspondence to: Jun Hyuk Son, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, 170 Juhwa-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang 10380, Korea. Tel: +82-31-910-7200, Fax: +82-31-910-7219, jun1981@paik.ac.kr

Copyright © 2019. Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Fig. 1

(A) Contrast-enhanced CT image shows an 8.4×4 cm sized pancreatic pseudocyst adjacent to the posterior wall side of the stomach. (B) Contrast-enhanced CT image shows a gastro-cystic fistula (red arrow). CT, computed tomography.

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Fig. 2

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy findings. On the retroflexed view, oozing bleeding from a linear pinpoint depressed lesion was observed on the lesser curvature/posterior wall side of the mid body.

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