Inactivation of the p16 (INK4A) tumor-suppressor gene in
pancreatic duct lesions: loss of intranuclear expression.
Values of mean and SD were used for description of quantitative variables like age while frequency and percentage were used for description of qualitative variables like gender, acute pancreatitis, previous history of post ERCP pancreatitis, cannulation attempts and time, precut papillotomy and
pancreatic duct contrast injection.
Aggressive, acidic bile/pancreatic juice mixtures often cause bile reflux, or backflow, into the
pancreatic duct.
In some instances when it is determined that the
pancreatic duct is narrowed, surgery may be performed to widen the duct by inserting a stent or a sphincterotomy or to remove tissue that may be blocking the duct or to drain a pseudocyst (http://webmd.
Its frequency increases with pancreatic division at the body level (vs at the neck) and in the absence of elective ligation of the main
pancreatic duct.
It was first reported in 1931 by Lower and Farrell [1]who reported bleeding from an aneurysm of the splenic artery coming via the
pancreatic duct and the ampulla of Vater.
4) Isolated pancreatic trauma with disruption of the major
pancreatic duct is rare.
We present a 16-year-old boy with complete major
pancreatic duct disruption in pancreatic neck.
Unpublished data suggest that a class of antidiabetic drugs known as incretin mimetics may raise the risk of pancreatitis and precancerous changes (metaplasia) in the
pancreatic duct in patients with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes.
SecreFlo is indicated for the improved detection of
pancreatic duct abnormalities in combination with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with pancreatitis, added the company.
A rare case of ascariasis in the gallbladder, choledochus and
pancreatic duct.
Enzymes in the pancreatic juice flow into a long
pancreatic duct that merges with the common bile duct and opens into the duodenal mucosa.
