title: Pancreaticobiliary maljunction in monozygotic twins--a case report.
abstract: We experienced a case of pancreaticobiliary maljunction in monozygotic twins. While one of the twins suffered from gallbladder cancer with poor prognosis, the other was not associated with biliary malignancy. Ultrasonography, endoscopic ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography are effective in diagnosis of this disorder before occurrence of biliary cancers. This case is not only of academic interest for familial occurrence, but also of clinical interest in the early detection of pancreaticobiliary maljunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. kyamao@aichi-cc.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamao
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Tsuneya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawaki
authors.forename: Kinichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukutomi
authors.forename: Kakuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic