TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic duct diversity
AU - Hac, Stanislaw
AU - Nalecz, Adam
AU - Dobosz, Marek
AU - Reszetow, Jacek
AU - Dobrowolski, Sebastian
AU - Friess, Helmut
AU - Mihaljevic, Andre L.
AU - Studniarek, Michal
AU - Jaskiewicz, Kazimierz
AU - Sledzinski, Zbigniew
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - OBJECTIVES:: The formation of the pancreatic duct system is the result of the fusion of 2 embryonic buds, the ventral and dorsal primordia. Frequently, this fusion process is localized in the pancreatic head; variations, however, may account for the structural diversity of the duct system. Pancreatic duct anomalies and diversity of body and tail are thought to be casuistic. METHODS:: Ninety-nine consecutive adult autopsies with reference to macroscopic anomalies in the distal part of the gland were evaluated. Pancreatograms were performed after large duodenal papilla cannulation. Ducts parallel to gland axis with a diameter of at least one third of the main pancreatic duct at the junction point and aberrant duct with different shapes and/or abnormal third-degree ductuli architecture were noted. RESULTS:: Our study revealed a 9.9% frequency of main pancreatic duct diversity in the pancreatic corpus and tail. Eleven atypical ducts were visible, 9 cranially and 2 caudally from the main pancreatic duct. CONCLUSIONS:: The pancreatic duct system in the body and the tail presents abnormal configuration not described in the past.
AB - OBJECTIVES:: The formation of the pancreatic duct system is the result of the fusion of 2 embryonic buds, the ventral and dorsal primordia. Frequently, this fusion process is localized in the pancreatic head; variations, however, may account for the structural diversity of the duct system. Pancreatic duct anomalies and diversity of body and tail are thought to be casuistic. METHODS:: Ninety-nine consecutive adult autopsies with reference to macroscopic anomalies in the distal part of the gland were evaluated. Pancreatograms were performed after large duodenal papilla cannulation. Ducts parallel to gland axis with a diameter of at least one third of the main pancreatic duct at the junction point and aberrant duct with different shapes and/or abnormal third-degree ductuli architecture were noted. RESULTS:: Our study revealed a 9.9% frequency of main pancreatic duct diversity in the pancreatic corpus and tail. Eleven atypical ducts were visible, 9 cranially and 2 caudally from the main pancreatic duct. CONCLUSIONS:: The pancreatic duct system in the body and the tail presents abnormal configuration not described in the past.
KW - Anomaly
KW - Cadavers
KW - Pancreatic ducts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65549111221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31819081ba
DO - 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31819081ba
M3 - Article
C2 - 19066495
AN - SCOPUS:65549111221
SN - 0885-3177
VL - 38
SP - 318
EP - 321
JO - Pancreas
JF - Pancreas
IS - 3
ER -
