Acute Pancreatitis in Pancreas Divisum Secondary to an Impacted Stone in the Minor Papilla

Pancreas divisum is reported to occur in up to 14% of the population. The majority of patients with this congenital anomaly remain asymptomatic. Pancreas divisum can be associated with recurrent pancreatitis due to inadequate drainage of pancreatic secretions through the dorsal pancreatic duct and t...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Farooqi, Rehan, Burke, Carol, Chahal, Prabhleen, El-Khider, Faris, Zahid, Umar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2019
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Internal Medicine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812940/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656710
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5481
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