Choledochocele as a cause of recurrent pancreatitis.

Abstract

A patient with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis found to be caused by the presence of a choledochocele is presented. Transhepatic cinecholangiography revealed a choledochocele receiving the terminations of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct, which emptied via a pinpoint opening into the duodenum. With duodenal peristalsis, the contrast material filling the choledochocele could be seen refluxing into the pancreatic duct. A discussion of the possible etiologies of choledochoceles and a review of the existing literature is presented.

• Authors: P B Goldberg, W B Long, J A Oleaga, J A Mackie
• Journal: Gastroenterology (Gastroenterology) Vol. 78 Issue 5 Pt 1 Pg. 1041-5 (May 1980) ISSN: 0016-5085 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6769742 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Cholangiography
• Common Bile Duct Diseases (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Dilatation, Pathologic
• Diverticulum (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Duodenum (physiopathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Pancreatic Ducts (physiopathology)
• Pancreatitis (etiology, physiopathology)
• Recurrence