title: A patient with pancreas divisum, recurrent acute pancreatitis, and homozygosity for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator-associated protein 5T allele.
abstract: Mutations in the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) have been reported to increase the risk of recurrent acute pancreatitis in patients with pancreas divisum. We assessed the CFTR gene in a young male patient with pancreas divisum and recurrent acute pancreatitis. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and computed tomography revealed that the patient had pancreas divisum, with an enlarged and tortuous pancreatic duct; he also had positive results from the cystic fibrosis sweat test. Genetic analysis did not identify any common CFTR mutations, but did show that he was homozygous for the 5T allele in intron 8 IVS8 5T-12TG (which affects splicing at intron 8). Endoscopic sphincterotomy and stenting of papilla minor was performed. The IVS8 5T-12TG variant has been associated with abnormal organ development, therefore it is possible that CFTR has an important role in the development of the pancreatic duct. We propose this patient has recurrent acute pancreatitis resulting from a developmental defect associated with a suboptimal CFTR function.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. marco.montagnani@unibo.it
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Montagnani
authors: Salvatore
authors: S
authors: Cazzato
authors: Massimiliano
authors: M
authors: Mutignani
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Cevenini
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Guidetti
authors: Ido Ben
authors: IB
authors: Zvi
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Aldini
authors: Giacomo
authors: G
authors: Saraceni
authors: Carlotta
authors: C
authors: Cavoli
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Garagnani
authors: Simona
authors: S
authors: Ferrari
authors: Vilma
authors: V
authors: Mantovani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000483:Alleles; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics*; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator