title: Incidental finding of elongated ventral duct in a case of pancreatic divisum mimicking double pancreatic ducts on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography-a rare normal variant.
abstract: Anatomic variations and developmental anomalies of the pancreas and pancreatic duct are often noticed as an incidental finding on imaging. However, knowledge of these variants may prove to be crucial during surgery as it may prevent unintentional ductal injury. We report a case of pancreatic divisum with codominant ventral duct mimicking double pancreatic ducts along with the elongated uncinate process of pancreas. It was picked incidentally on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography (MRCP) done to rule out cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis. It is a rare anatomic variant and to the best of our knowledge has not been reported so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Richa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Y Jyotsna
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Rani
keywords: Pancreatic divisum; dorsal duct; magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography (MRCP); ventral duct