title: Successful Pancreatic Duct Stent Placement for Recurrent Pancreatitis in a Patient with Polysplenia with Agenesis of the Dorsal Pancreas and Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.
abstract: A 52-year-old woman presented with relapsing acute pancreatitis. A contrast CT scan revealed polysplenia, agenesis of the dorsal pancreas, preduodenal portal vein, inferior vena cava with persistent continuity of the azygos vein, abnormal lung lobation with bilateral left bronchial morphology, and intestinal malrotation (non-rotation type). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which successful pancreatic duct stent placement for the treatment of recurrent pancreatitis was performed in a polysplenia patient with agenesis of the dorsal pancreas, separate bile and pancreatic ducts and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hosoe
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanai
mesh_terms: D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000473:pathology; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000601:surgery; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology