Endoscopic ultrasonography diagnosis of long common channel in a patient with recurrent biliary pain

Abstract

The main pancreatic duct and the common bile duct open into the duodenum either alone or as a common channel. A common channel of >15 mm is associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis or biliary tract malignancy. Interesting case of young women with recurrent biliary pain where the diagnosis was made by endoscopic ultrasonography.

Chronic Pancreatitis in Children

“…The incidence is 0.5 per 100,000 in people younger than 20 years 3 . The common causes of pediatric pancreatitis are anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary duct 4,5 , systemic infection, trauma, drugs, metabolic abnormalities, liver transplantation, nutrition, familial pancreatitis and idiopathy 3,[6][7][8] (Table 1).…”