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Recurrent pancreatitis due to an intraluminal duodenal diverticulum: report of a case

Authors: Wolfgang Pumberger, Beate Maier-Hiebl, Simon Kargl

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 6/2012

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We report the investigation and treatment of a 14-year-old girl in whom a detailed assessment of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis revealed a large intraluminal ‘windsock’-like duodenal diverticulum. As the diverticulum was closely attached to the papilla of Vater, it was resected by a transduodenal approach. This report focuses on the significance of rare congenital anomalies of the duodenum (e.g., duplication cyst, intraluminal diverticulum) during the diagnostic workup of recurrent pancreatitis in children.

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Title: Recurrent pancreatitis due to an intraluminal duodenal diverticulum: report of a case
Authors: Wolfgang Pumberger
Beate Maier-Hiebl
Simon Kargl
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-012-0123-y

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