Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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Norman Oneil Machado

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• Review Article
  Pancreatic Divisum: Beyond what is Obvious
  Author(s):  Norman Oneil Machado  Norman Oneil Machado
  
   In over 90% of healthy people, the dorsal and ventral endodermal pancreatic buds fuse to form the adult pancreas. However, in about the remaining 10% of the population where the fusion does not occur, pancreatic divisum (PD) results. This indeed is the commonest congenital anomaly of pancreas. The dorsal root usually drains a part of pancreatic head, the body and tail of the pancreas via a minor papilla into the duodenum. The ventral root drains the uncinate process and part of the pancreatic head with the CBD via the major papilla into the duodenum and the two roots are communicated with one another. In classic PD (type1) there is a complete failure of fusion of ducts, and a small ventral duct (Santorini) drains through the larger major papilla, and a larger dorsal duct (Wirsung) drains through the smaller minor papilla. In type 2, there is a complete absence of duct of Wirsung.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7092.1000139

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