Imaging of pancreas divisum by linear-array endoscopic ultrasonography

Endoscopic ultrasound and pancreas divisum.

Pancreas divisum is the most common congenital anatomic variation of the pancreatic ductal anatomy and in most of the individuals it is asymptomatic. However, in minority of individuals it is presumed to cause recurrent acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is the gold standard for its diagnosis, but is invasive and associated with significa...

[A novel endoscopic treatment of pancreas divisum].

Pancreas divisum is the most common congenital malformation of the pancreas that results from the non-fusion or incomplete fusion of the ventral and dorsal portions of the embryonic pancreas. It is found in 7% of autopsy studies (range 1-14%) and is generally asymptomatic. 5% of the patients have symptoms, which are basically cases of abdominal pain and recurrent pancreatitis. We report the cas...

Pancreas Divisum.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the complications, technical success, diagnostic evaluation and various endoscopic management options in patients with pancreas divisum. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Endoscopy Suite, Surgical Unit 4, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2007 to December 2013. METHODOLOGY All Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography (ERCPs) proce...

Endoscopic ultrasonography of the pancreas: new advances.

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has been used in the diagnosis of wall-infiltrative lesions, cancers, and submucosal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. EUS is no longer merely an imaging technique and consequently its applications can therefore be divided into diagnostic and therapeutic categories for pancreatic diseases as well for gastrointestinal diseases. Diagnostic EUS includes convent...

Pancreas divisum: opinio divisa.