Crohn's disease of the duodenum with spontaneous reflux into the pancreatic duct.
A patient with Crohn's disease which involved the duodenum presented with recurrent pancreatitis. His upper gastrointestinal series demonstrated spontaneous reflux of barium into the pancreatic duct. The literature is reviewed and a probable mechanism for this very unusual occurrence is suggested.
D000328:Adult; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004382:Duodenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate