Demetriadis D, Ververidis M, Papathanasiou D, Bania D, Giannoulopoulos G
First Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Apr;7(2):109-11. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071066.
Duodenal duplications are rare congenital anomalies which can present with pancreatitis. A precise preoperative diagnosis is rarely possible. We present a 12-year-old girl with relapsing pancreatitis in whom the diagnostic survey was initially inconclusive. Two years later abdominal ultrasound revealed a cyst near the head of pancreas. At laparotomy a cysto-duodenostomy was performed. The histology of the cyst wall was diagnostic.
