title: Recurrent pancreatitis due to an intraluminal duodenal diverticulum: report of a case.
abstract: We report the investigation and treatment of a 14-year-old girl in whom a detailed assessment of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis revealed a large intraluminal 'windsock'-like duodenal diverticulum. As the diverticulum was closely attached to the papilla of Vater, it was resected by a transduodenal approach. This report focuses on the significance of rare congenital anomalies of the duodenum (e.g., duplication cyst, intraluminal diverticulum) during the diagnostic workup of recurrent pancreatitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 26-30, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pumberger
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maier-Hiebl
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kargl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence