[Sphincteroplasty of the minor papilla in a female patient with pancreas divisum]

Rev Invest Clin. 1990 Jul-Sep;42(3):222-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a 30 year old woman with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis secondary to pancreas divisum. The diagnosis was established 18 years after the initiation of her symptomatology. She denied a family history of pancreatic disease and had no risk factors in her personal history. Diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. She was surgically treated by means of a sphincteroplasty of the minor papillae with excellent results. After three years of follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pancreas / abnormalities*
  • Pancreatic Ducts / surgery*
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*
  • Recurrence