Pancreas Divisum

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...

Pancreas divisum: opinio divisa.

Pancreas Divisum and Pancreatitis

One of the biggest controversies in Pancreatology is whether Pancreas Divisum (PD) is the cause for many pancreatic disorders including Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis (RAP), Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis (ICP), and recurrent “pancreatic-type” abdominal pain or in fact PD is an innocent bystander in a patient with ICP, who can present early as RAP, followed by pancreatic-type abdominal pain, and...

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...

Pancreas divisum and choledochal cyst.

Pancreas divisum (PD) is the most common congenital variant of the pancreas, affecting 5% to 14% of the population. The ventral duct only drains the ventral pancreas through the major papilla, whereas the majority of the pancreas drains via the dorsal duct through the minor papilla. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman with recurrent acute pancreatitis who presented with the rare finding o...