Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to a Duodenal Duplication Cyst in an Adult. A Case Report and Literature Review

Duodenal duplication cysts are rare congenital abnormalities that are most commonly diagnosed in infancy and childhood. However, in rare cases, the lesion can remain asymptomatic until adulthood. An extremely rare case of a previously healthy adult patient with recurrent acute pancreatitis, who was...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos S Salemis, Christos Liatsos, Michail Kolios, Stavros Gourgiotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/979431