Reversible pancreatic duct stricture after a blunt abdominal trauma.
A 32-year-old man developed acute pancreatitis with a main duct stricture resulting from blunt abdominal trauma sustained during a car accident 11 weeks before admission. No interventions were performed and unusually, after 3 months' follow-up, the pancreatic main duct stricture resolved and the patient remained asymptomatic. There are no other reports in the literature demonstrating resolution of pancreatic main duct stricture without any endoscopic or surgical treatment subsequent to a blunt abdominal trauma.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital, Ludwigshafen, Germany. medclu@t-online.de
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*