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Head magnetic resonance angiography showing a saccular aneurysm (arrowhead) in the left internal carotid artery.
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A 29-year-old pregnant woman at 29 weeks of gestation was admitted to the Department of Obstetrics for imminent abortion in May, 2014. Because she had hematemesis on the day after admission, emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed, which revealed arterial bleeding at the gastric fundus. The bleeding was controlled by clipping, howe...
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A gastrosplenic fistula (GSF) is a very rare complication that arises mainly from a splenic or gastric large cell lymphoma. The proximity of the gastric fundus to the enlarged fragile spleen may facilitate the fistulisation. This complication can lead to massive bleeding, which, though uncommon, may be lethal. We present a patient with...