Pancreas divisum

Discussion:

Young patients with recurrent pancreatitis warrants work up to understand if there are any anatomical variations /  developmental anomalies of the pancreatic ductal system especially in the absence of any form of biliary calcular disease. Interestingly this patient had a CT scan done 6 years ago and was reported as a case of mild acute pancreatitis. On careful review of the ductal system in the present scan, it was identified this patient has two independent drainage path for both pancreas and the rest of the biliary tree. 

In events of idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis, pancreas divisum can be considered as an underlying etiology. An MRCP may be done for confirmation and the gastroenterologist may opt for a therapeutic ERCP. 

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