CONTEXT Incomplete pancreas divisum is a pancreatic anomaly that results in an inadequate communication between the ventral and dorsal pancreatic ducts. Although the relationship between complete pancreas divisum and pancreatitis has been contentious, clinical implications of incomplete pancreas divisum have not been noted. OBJECTIVE This study was done to investigate the clinical significanc...

AIM To clarify the features of acute or chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors associated with complete and incomplete pancreas divisum. METHODS Clinical features of pancreatic diseases associated with complete (n = 54) and incomplete (n = 50) pancreas divisum were examined. RESULTS Acute and chronic pancreatitis occurred more frequently in patients with complete pancreas divisum (22.2%...

Pancreas divisum, the failure of fusion of the dorsal and ventral pancreatic ductal systems in utero, is the most common congenital abnormality of the pancreas. The clinical significance of pancreas divisum is often considered when it is found in patients with idiopathic acute or recurrent pancreatitis. With increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatog...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS The rates for endoscopic detection of pancreas divisum at routine endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) vary worldwide, and the sample sizes in the reported studies on endoscopy and surgery for pancreas divisum are very small and variable. The aim of this study was to systematically analyze the pooled data and determine endoscopic detection rates for pa...

Pancreas divisum is a congenital anomaly in which the ventral and dorsal pancreas drain separately into the duodenum. It is the most common congenital variant of pancreatic ductal fusion and drainage anomalies. With widespread use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, pancreas divisum is being detected with increasing frequency. Ten cases of pancreas divisum detected among 500 endo...

Pancreas divisum is a kind of congenital anatomic abnormality; its diagnostic basis depends mainly on imaging examination. With the development of medical science, imaging technology has been improved and added, and a complete examination system including ERCP, B-Ultrasound, MRCP, S-MRCP and CT, etc. has been formed. There are even researcher, through further analysis of pancreas divisum on the...

Several case reports on endoscopic resection of minor papilla adenomas exist in the literature. However, there are no reported cases of endoscopic resection in patients with minor papilla adenomas with associated familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and pancreas divisum. We report a case of a minor papilla adenoma in a patient with FAP and pancreas divisum. The case demonstrates a new associati...