[Pancreas divisium as a cause of chronic pancreatitis. Clinical case]

Rev Med Chil. 1996 Jul;124(7):855-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a 6 years old girl with chronic pancreatitis, presenting as recurring bouts of abdominal pain and hyperamylasemia, secondary to a lack of communication between the main papilla and pancreatic duct (pancreas divisium). The diagnosis was made during an intraoperative pancreatography and treatment consisted in a sphincteroplasty of the secondary papilla.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pancreas / abnormalities*
  • Pancreas / surgery
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*
  • Pancreatitis / surgery