title: Duodenal duplication with accessory papilla causing recurrent pancreatitis in a child: a case report.
abstract: We discuss a 16-year-old male patient who presented with three episodes of recurrent pancreatitis within the last 6 months. Preoperative imaging studies suggested a choledochal cyst within the second portion of the duodenum. Patient was taken to surgery and the lesion was removed. Pathology examination of the cyst revealed a duodenal duplication. The accessory pancreatic papilla entering the closed duplication cyst was the main cause of the pancreatitis in this child.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.
authors.forename: José R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Muñiz-Aragunde
authors.forename: María S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Correa-Rivas
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lugo-Vicente
mesh_terms: D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence