Horseshoe anomaly of the pancreas.
A 72-year-old man with recurrent pancreatitis and a horseshoe-shaped anomaly of the pancreas is described. The diagnosis was made by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and computed tomography scan; laparotomy was confirmatory. The abnormal duct branched to the lower left from an enlarged Santorini's duct; a thin Wirsung's duct was joined at its distal portion to the junction of the abnormal duct. The anomaly was associated with a cystic dilatation of the common bile duct with stone and cholecystolithiasis. This anomaly is considered to be a variation of the dominant dorsal duct syndrome.
Yazu
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kimura
T
T
Yamamoto
K
K
Sumii
T
T
Arita
Y
Y
Takano
S
S
Furukawa
M
M
Tanaka
M
M
Konomi
K
K
Nawata
H
H
D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed