title: Chronic pancreatitis with pancreas divisum treated with pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy: a case report.
abstract: Pancreas divisum, the most common congenital variant of pancreatic ductal anatomy, occurs when the ventral and dorsal pancreatic-buds fail to fuse. Herein, we report on a 42-year-old male suffering from chronic pancreatitis with pancreas divisum. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography confirmed this diagnosis. A pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy was then performed. Pathological examination of the pancreas demonstrated chronic pancreatitis without malignancy. The postoperative clinical course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged 10 days after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 199, Tun-Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed