Impacted papilla minor stone in pancreas divisum causing severe acute pancreatitis. A case for early ERCP in acute pancreatitis of unknown origin

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-283

  Renzulli, Pietro ^b   Müller, Christoph ^b   Uhl, Waldemar ^b   Scheurer, Ulrich ^b   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography; Minor papilla; Pancreas divisum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS STONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALCULI; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0345211588     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007671     Document Type: Article

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