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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Hematemesis, a very rare presentation of solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Hematemesis a very rare presentation of solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas a case report Stylianos Apostolidis Theodossis S Papavramidis Akis Zatagias Antonis Michalopoulos Vassilis N Papadopoulos Daniel Paramythiotis and Nick Harlaftis Address 1st Propedeutic Surgical Department . University Hospital of Thessaloniki Aristotle s University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece Email Stylianos Apostolidis - stlsa@ Theodossis S Papavramidis - papavramidis@ Akis Zatagias - zatagias@ Antonis Michalopoulos - amichal@ Vassilis N Papadopoulos - bnpap2003@ Daniel Paramythiotis - danosprx@ Nick Harlaftis - papavramidou@ Corresponding author Published 13 August 2008 Received 6 January 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 271 doi 1752-1947-2-271 Accepted 13 August 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 271 2008 Apostolidis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas are rare and typically present in young female patients. They are slowly growing masses that may attain large size and are of low malignant potential. Surgical resection is usually curative. Case presentation A 71-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with an episode of hematemesis but was otherwise hemodynamically stable. Emergency gastroscopy revealed a bleeding mass projecting to the duodenum. Fluid blood and electrolyte resuscitation followed. Computed tomography revealed a small mass