Endocrine carcinoma of the pancreatic tail exhibiting gastric variceal bleeding
Nonfunctional endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas is uncommon.Without excess hormone secretion, it is clinically silent until the enlarging or metastatic tumor causes compressive symptoms.Epigastric pain, dyspepsia, jaundice, and abdominal mass are the usual symptoms, whereas upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is rare.Here, we describe the case o