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Pancreatico-choledochal junction and pancreatic duct system morphology in acute biliary pancreatitis

A prospective study with early ERCP

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Sixty-two patients with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) were prospectively studied by early ERCP in order to evaluate the morphology of the pancreatico-choledochal junction and the pancreatic duct system (PDS) and compared with 62 control patients. Abnormalities of the ampulla of Vater were observed in 66.1% (33.5% in controls;p = 0.001). A common channel for the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct (MPD) were found in 70.9% of ABP cases; the length of common channel was ≤ 5 mm in 79.5% and > 5 mm in 20.4%; the angle between CBD and MPD was ≤ 30° in 88.6% and < 30° in 11.4% (no difference compared to the control group). A patent Santorini’s duct were found in 37% of ABP cases vs 38.7% in controls (NS); there was no significant difference in patency of the duct of Santorini between edematous and necrotizing cases of ABP. Morphological changes of the PDS were found in all patients with necrotizing (22 cases) and in 15 out of 40 patients with edematous ABP (p < 0.0001).

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    Generoso Uomo, Pier Giorgio Rabitti, Marco Laccetti & Mario Visconti

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Uomo, G., Rabitti, P.G., Laccetti, M. et al. Pancreatico-choledochal junction and pancreatic duct system morphology in acute biliary pancreatitis. Int J Pancreatol 13, 187–191 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924439

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