B. Stimec et al., DUCTAL MORPHOMETRY OF VENTRAL PANCREAS IN PANCREAS DIVISUM - COMPARISON BETWEEN CLINICAL AND ANATOMICAL RESULTS, The Italian Journal of Gastroenterology, 28(2), 1996, pp. 76-80
Aim of the investigation is to precisely study the morphological featu
res of ventral pancreas ductography in pancreas divisum, in order to i
mprove the radiological interpretation and differential diagnosis of t
his frequent pancreatic anomaly, The clinical part of the study was ba
sed on 610 endoscopic retrograde pancreatograms, with pancreas divisum
diagnosed in 14 (2.3%) cases; while the anatomical part consisted of
203 postmortem pancreatograms of human pancreas obtained at autopsy, w
here pancreas divisum was found in 12 (5.9%) cases, The following duct
al features of the ventral pancreas were studied: length and calibre o
f the main duct, number of side branches, calibre of the common bile d
uct and the biliopancreatic junction angle, No significant differences
were detected between the results from the 2 groups, with the excepti
on of side branches, which were more numerous in the anatomical series
, probably because of higher injection pressure and consequent better
opacification. These results underline the potential of the anatomical
pancreatography serving as a model for studying the ductal system of
pancreas divisum.