Pancreaticobiliary maljuction combining with pancreas divisum: Report of four cases

Zhang,Yin; Sun,Wensheng; Zhang,Faming; Huang,Jin; Fan,Zhining

doi:10.3892/etm.2013.1403

Pancreaticobiliary maljuction combining with pancreas divisum: Report of four cases

Authors:
- Yin Zhang
- Wensheng Sun
- Faming Zhang
- Jin Huang
- Zhining Fan
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Affiliations: Department of Digestive Endoscopy and Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210011, P.R. China, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Traffic Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
Published online on: November 12, 2013 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1403
Pages: 8-10

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Abstract

Pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) is an unusual anomalous condition in which the pancreatic duct and bile duct merge outside the duodenal wall and form a long common channel. Pancreas divisum (PD) is a congenital anomaly in which the dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts fail to fuse. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the gold standard for diagnosing PD and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is the non-invasive choice. In this study, four cases of patients with unusual PBM in addition to PD are described. The patients presented with abdominal pain, which was caused by distal biliary stricture diagnosed by MRCP. The patients received ERCP and had a good prognosis.

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