Pancreas divisum coexistent with gallbladder carcinoma--report of a Chinese patient

Hepatogastroenterology. 1998 May-Jun;45(21):879-81.

Abstract

The coexistence of pancreas divisum and gallbladder carcinoma is uncommon and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported in English literatures. We have encountered a 62-year-old patient with symptom of intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a gallbladder tumor. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed existence of complete pancreas divisum but no anomalous union of pancreaticobiliary duct. He underwent cholecystectomy and histologic analysis revealed tubulovillous adenoma with focal malignant change in the gallbladder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / complications*
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / complications*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas / abnormalities*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed