| Literature DB >> 23908697 |
Yashwant Patidar1, Nitesh Agarwal, Shailesh Gupta, Ankur Arora, Amar Mukund, S Rajesh.
Abstract
We report a case of a 42-year-old male with symptomatic choledochocele and incidental pancreas divisum diagnosed with magnetic resonance cholangiopan- creatography (MRCP). Small choledochocele is rare congenital malformation associated with non-specific symptoms and a delay in diagnosis. The coexistence of choledochocele and pancreas divisum is extremely rare with only two case reports published in literature. In both cases MRCP failed to diagnose any biliary or pancreatic abnormality. This case suggests that the patients with recurrent abdominal pain and pancreas divisum should not be presumed to be suffering from pancreatitis. Careful evaluated for additional anomalies in the biliary tree should be sought for refractory symptoms. MRCP is a useful one-stop-shop for diagnosing pancreatic and biliary ductal anomalies.Entities:
Keywords: Choledochocele; Magnetic resonance cholangiopan-creatography; Pancreas divisum; Pancreatic and biliary ductal anomalies; Pancreatitis
Year: 2013 PMID: 23908697 PMCID: PMC3730081 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v5.i7.264
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Radiol ISSN: 1949-8470