title: Duplex ventral pancreas.
abstract: Complete duplication of the ventral pancreatic ductal system in 2 patients is reported. Both patients, during evaluation for recurrent abdominal pain, underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography that revealed typical changes of chronic pancreatitis and pseudocysts confined to 1 ductal system with the other ductal system completely normal. Both ductal systems filled with contrast medium via a common opening at the major papilla. A rudimentary minor papilla was present, but cannulations were unsuccessful. This unusual anomaly of the ventral pancreas with its embryologic basis, diagnosis, and clinical implications is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012008:Recurrence