Meandering main pancreatic duct
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View Daniel J Bell's current disclosures- Meandering main pancreatic duct (MMPD)
Meandering main pancreatic duct (MMPD) denotes a main pancreatic duct that drains normally into the major papilla but performs a hairpin turn (reverse Z-type) or loop (loop-type) in the pancreatic head, in contradistinction to the smooth curvature seen in most cases.
These ductal variants are found on ERCP and MRCP studies. Their exact incidence is not known.
Significantly increased incidence of meandering pancreatic duct has been reported in patients with idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis (40%) compared with the general population (2.2%) 1.
References
- 1. Gonoi W, Akai H, Hagiwara K et-al. Meandering main pancreatic duct as a relevant factor to the onset of idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis. PLoS ONE. 2012;7 (5): e37652. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037652 - Free text at pubmed - Pubmed citation
- 2. Bang S, Suh JH, Park BK et-al. The relationship of anatomic variation of pancreatic ductal system and pancreaticobiliary diseases. Yonsei Med. J. 2006;47 (2): 243-8. Free text at pubmed - Pubmed citation
- 3. Delhay M, Matos C, Deviere J. Acute relapsing pancreatitis. Congenital variants: diagnosis, treatment, outcome. JOP. 2002;2 (6): 373-81. Pubmed citation
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