Abstract
A patient with Crohn's disease which involved the duodenum presented with recurrent pancreatitis. His upper gastrointestinal series demonstrated spontaneous reflux of barium into the pancreatic duct. The literature is reviewed and a probable mechanism for this very unusual occurence is suggested.
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Barthelemy, C.R. Crohn's disease of the duodenum with spontaneous reflux into the pancreatic duct. Gastrointest Radiol 8, 319–320 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948142
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948142