Groove pancreatitis presenting as recurrent acute pancreatitis

Autor: Vishal Khurana, Debottam Bandyopadhyay, Sukanta Ray, Keya Basu, Avik Bhattacharyya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 57-60 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2321-4848
DOI: 10.4103/2321-4848.133815
Popis: A middle aged male presented with recurrent acute pancreatitis without any feature of extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Evaluation revealed mass in groove area with duodenal lumen compromise without any features of chronic pancreatitis. He underwent classical Whipple′s operation with the suspicion of periampullary tumor but histopathology was suggestive of groove pancreatitis ruling out malignancy. This case is first case to report recurrent acute pancreatitis as presentation of groove pancreatitis.
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