TY - JOUR A2 - Kawaratani, Hideto AU - Thrainsdottir, Helga AU - Petursdottir, Vigdis AU - Blöndal, Sigurdur AU - Björnsson, Einar S. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/30 TI - Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices SP - 956490 VL - 2014 AB - Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are an uncommon form of exocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. Symptoms are most often vague and this makes the diagnosis more difficult. The current case is one of three cases yet reported where the MCN caused left-sided portal hypertension leading to the formation of isolated gastric varices and subsequent bleeding from the varices. In the previously reported cases the main symptom was hematemesis. However in the current case the patient experienced no hematemesis, only isolated incidents of dark coloured diarrhea, but the main symptoms were those of iron-deficiency anemia. We present the case report of a 34-year-old woman who presented with dizziness and lethargy and was found to have 12 cm MCN in the pancreas. SN - 2090-6528 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/956490 DO - 10.1155/2014/956490 JF - Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -