title: A case of santorinicele without pancreas divisum: diagnosis with multi-detector row computed tomography.
abstract: A santorinicele is defined as a focal cystic dilatation of the terminal portion of the dorsal pancreatic duct at the minor papilla. Most cases reported previously were associated with pancreas divisum and a santorinicele without pancreas divisum is known to be rare. We recently experienced a typical case of a santorinicele without pancreas divisum in a 67-yr-old woman with abdominal pain and hematochezia, subsequently proven to be the result of an ischemic colitis. The santorinicele was diagnosed incidentally with multi-detector row computed tomography using a minimum intensity projection technique, which clearly showed a cystic dilatation of the terminal portion of the dorsal pancreatic duct and a communication between the ventral and dorsal pancreatic ducts. This finding was also confirmed by a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Deok
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Kwang Ro
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Jae Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Nam Hoon
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Kil
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seok Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Hyo Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung Ho
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Woon
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Joung Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Rin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods