Pancreas divisum: Is it a normal anatomic variant?

Sugawa, Choichi; Walt, Alexander J.; Nunez, Domingo C.; Masuyama, Hironori

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(87)90202-9

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“…The major argument for implicating pancreas divisum as a cause of pancreatitis has been the finding of an increased incidence of this ductal variation in patients with idiopathic pancreatitis. But some studies report that it is a normal anatomical variant and is very seldom a cause of pancreatic pain [35]. The significance of pancreas divisum is still controversial [18].…”

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Pancreatitis in children —experience with 43 cases

et al. 1996

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“…[1][2][3] Many authors have confirmed a high frequency of chronic pancreatitis in patients with pancreas divisum, compared with those with normally fused pancreas, 4,5 although some others found no difference. 8 Most instances of pancreatitis associated with…”

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Ventral pancreatitis defined on MRI

Takeda

Yoshida

Kaneko

et al. 1999

Journal of Gastroenterology

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Ventral pancreatitis, pancreatitis localized in the embryologic ventral pancreas, is rare. To date, only three well documented reports of ventral pancreatitis have been reported in the English-language literature. All three were associated with pancreas divisum. This report presents a patient suspected to have ventral pancreatitis on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging.

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“…80 Pancreas divisum is a congenital variant present in 7% of the population in which the embryological dorsal and ventral ductal systems fail to fuse. 81 It is controversially proposed that a propensity to AP relates to impaired exocrine outflow from the main part of the gland via a small or stenosed accessory duct.…”

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Acute pancreatitis

Harper

Cheslyn-Curtis

2010

Ann Clin Biochem

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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and the annual incidence appears to be increasing. It presents as a mild self-limiting illness in 80% of patients. However, one-fifth of these develop a severe complicated life-threatening disease requiring intensive and prolonged therapeutic intervention. Alcohol and gallstone disease remain the commonest causes of AP but metabolic abnormalities, obesity and genetic susceptibility are thought be increasingly important aetiological factors. The prompt diagnosis of AP and stratification of disease severity is essential in directing rapid delivery of appropriate therapeutic measures. In this review, the range of diagnostic and prognostic assays, severity scoring systems and radiological investigations used in current clinical practice are described, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Increased understanding of the complex pathophysiology of AP has generated an array of new potential diagnostic assays and these are discussed. The multidisciplinary approach to management of severe pancreatitis is outlined, including areas of controversy and novel treatments.

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Pancreas divisum: Is it a normal anatomic variant?

Cited by 80 publications

References 19 publications

Pancreatitis in children —experience with 43 cases

Pancreatitis in children —experience with 43 cases

Ventral pancreatitis defined on MRI

Acute pancreatitis

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