title: Pancreas divisum: incidence and clinical evaluation in Thai patients.
abstract: Five hundred patients with successful pancreatogram between 1982 and 1990, 8 patients (1.6%) were found to have complete pancreas divisum. The sex distribution was equal (4 men, 4 women), and the average age was 42.5 years (22-77 years). No increased incidence of pancreas divisum in any of the three groups: a group with pancreatitis, a group with unexplained upper abdominal pain, and an incidental group (obstructive jaundice, gall bladder disease, abdominal mass, miscellaneous). These findings show that pancreas divisum is a normal anatomic variant with an incidence of 1.6 per cent in Thai patients, and is seldom a cause of pancreatic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saowaros
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology