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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 4/2020

01-04-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Cholangio Pancreatography | Anatomic Variations

Separate pancreatic ducts draining into a type IV choledochal cyst: simultaneous anatomical variants in a child suffering from cholelithiasis and acute pancreatitis

Authors: Giuseppe Cicero, Alfredo Blandino, Giorgio Ascenti, Silvio Mazziotti

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 4/2020

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Abstract

The biliary tree and the pancreatic ducts originate from different buds of the primitive foregut. A plethora of anatomical variants and congenital anomalies have been described for both the biliary and the pancreatic duct systems, although they are usually asymptomatic. However, in some cases, these abnormalities can lead to serious clinical scenarios, especially when involving the biliopancreatic junction, with consequent mixing and reflux of the two different juices. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of pancreas divisum ducts draining into a choledochal cyst, with the lower third of the choledochus configuring a common biliopancreatic duct, in a child suffering from cholelithiasis and acute pancreatitis.
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Metadata
Title
Separate pancreatic ducts draining into a type IV choledochal cyst: simultaneous anatomical variants in a child suffering from cholelithiasis and acute pancreatitis
Authors
Giuseppe Cicero
Alfredo Blandino
Giorgio Ascenti
Silvio Mazziotti
Publication date
01-04-2020
Publisher
Springer Paris
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-019-02377-7

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