[Recurrent pancreatitis secondary to sphincter of Oddi dysfunction: case report]

Dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi is a rare disease that causes about 20% of recurrent idiopathic pancreatitis. In order to suspect its existence, it is mandatory to have ruled out all other causes of acute pancreatitis. Then, the disease needs to be classified by degree of dysfunction and have a manometry performed as it is considered the gold standard of diagnosis. Manometry is used to guide treatment and its method of choice is usually an endoscopic sphincterotomy. In this article a case of recurrent pancreatitis is discussed, which after a thorough study that ruled out other etiologies, was diagnosed as a pancreatic-type dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi. The dysfunction was resolved by endoscopic sphincterotomy and the patient had a favorable course without any recurrence of symptoms.