A case of pancreatic cancer in the dorsal pancreas of pancreas divisum

Pancreas Divisum.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the complications, technical success, diagnostic evaluation and various endoscopic management options in patients with pancreas divisum. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Endoscopy Suite, Surgical Unit 4, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2007 to December 2013. METHODOLOGY All Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography (ERCPs) proce...

Pancreatic Diseases Associated with Pancreas Divisum

Aim: To clarify the features of acute or chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors associated with complete and incomplete pancreas divisum. Methods: Clinical features of pancreatic diseases associated with complete (n = 54) and incomplete (n = 50) pancreas divisum were examined. Results: Acute and chronic pancreatitis occurred more frequently in patients with complete pancreas divisum (22.2%:...

Pancreatic diseases associated with pancreas divisum.

AIM To clarify the features of acute or chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors associated with complete and incomplete pancreas divisum. METHODS Clinical features of pancreatic diseases associated with complete (n = 54) and incomplete (n = 50) pancreas divisum were examined. RESULTS Acute and chronic pancreatitis occurred more frequently in patients with complete pancreas divisum (22.2%...

Pancreas divisum: opinio divisa.

Pancreas Divisum and Pancreatitis

One of the biggest controversies in Pancreatology is whether Pancreas Divisum (PD) is the cause for many pancreatic disorders including Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis (RAP), Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis (ICP), and recurrent “pancreatic-type” abdominal pain or in fact PD is an innocent bystander in a patient with ICP, who can present early as RAP, followed by pancreatic-type abdominal pain, and...