[Wirsungorrhagia complicating chronic pancreatitis associated with a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas].

Jean-Luc Péroux, Jean Pierre Arput, M Saint-Paul, R. Dumas, P Hastier, François-Xavier Caroli, Daniel Benchimol, J Delmont

PubMed · 1994 · 30 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The authors describe the case of a female patient who presented with recurrent rectorrhagia of unexplained origin. The diagnosis was wirsungorrhagia complicating advanced calcifying chronic pancreatitis. Analysis of the surgical specimen led to fortuitis discovery of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour.