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Pancreas divisum

A cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences volume 30, pages 582–587 (1985)Cite this article

Summary

A 36-year-old man, followed for 14 years with recurrent abdominal pain, developed chronic calcific pancreatitis and was found to have pancreas divisum on endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. An intraoperative biopsy showed normal acinar tissue in the head of the pancreas, while the body and tail were replaced by fibrous tissue. His pain resolved following surgical drainage of the dorsal pancreatic duct.

Evaluation of the clinical course of this patient and critical review of other such cases in the literature support the role of compromised ductal drainage of the dorsal pancreas in the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis in pancreas divisum.

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  1. Gastroenterology Unit, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 3395 Scranton Road, 44109, Cleveland, Ohio

    John B. Marshall MD & Mcrc L. Eckhauser MD

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Marshall, J.B., Eckhauser, M.L. Pancreas divisum. Digest Dis Sci 30, 582–587 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320267

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Keywords

  • Public Health
  • Pancreatitis
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic Duct