Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 3
Letter to the Editor
Disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome: complete pancreas transection secondary to acute pancreatitis

165-166

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.3997/2015

Juan Manuel Gámez del Castillo, Marina Garcés Albir, María Carmen Fernández Moreno, Francisco Javier Morera-Ocón, Rosana Villagrasa, Luis Sabater Ortí,

Abstract
Disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis which is defined by a complete discontinuity of the pancreatic duct, such that a viable side of the pancreas remains isolated from the gastrointestinal tract. This pancreatic disruption is infrequently observed in the clinical practice and its diagnostic and therapeutic management are controversial. We present an extreme case of disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome with complete duct disruption and pancreatic transection following acute pancreatitis, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic processes carried out.
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Publication history

Received: 04/09/2015

Accepted: 13/10/2015

Online First: 28/01/2016

Published: 26/02/2016

Article revision time: 31 days

Article Online First time: 146 days

Article editing time: 175 days


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