Pancreatitis due to cystic duodenal duplication in a 12-year-old child.
Duodenal duplications are rare congenital anomalies which can present with pancreatitis. A precise preoperative diagnosis is rarely possible. We present a 12-year-old girl with relapsing pancreatitis in whom the diagnostic survey was initially inconclusive. Two years later abdominal ultrasound revealed a cyst near the head of pancreas. At laparotomy a cysto-duodenostomy was performed. The histology of the cyst wall was diagnostic.
Demetriadis
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First Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Ververidis
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M
Papathanasiou
D
D
Bania
D
D
Giannoulopoulos
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G
D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography