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Recurrent pancreatitis due to an intraluminal duodenal diverticulum: report of a case
Wolfgang Pumberger1, Beate Maier-Hiebl, Simon Kargl
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 26-30, Linz, Austria.
Abstract:
We report the investigation and treatment of a 14-year-old girl in whom a detailed assessment of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis revealed a large intraluminal 'windsock'-like duodenal diverticulum. As the diverticulum was closely attached to the papilla of Vater, it was resected by a transduodenal approach. This report focuses on the significance of rare congenital anomalies of the duodenum (e.g., duplication cyst, intraluminal diverticulum) during the diagnostic workup of recurrent pancreatitis in children.
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