Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia is defined as microscopic papillary or flat and non-invasive epithelial lesions arising in
pancreatic ducts in which the diameter does not exceed 5mm.
Imaging features that are more often seen in IPMN with an associated PDAC include main
pancreatic duct or distal common bile duct dilation (Figure 2, a), cysts larger than 3.
Female gender, pre-cut papillotomy and
pancreatic duct contrast injection were the most important risk factors for the development of acute pancreatitis.
Instead, a few scattered ghrelin-immunoreactive cells were detected inconnection to the exocrine
pancreatic ducts, similar to that observed in the African ostrich.
It occurs due to disruption of the main
pancreatic duct, resulting in leakage of pancreatic fluid into the pleural space [2-6] due to acute or chronic pancreatitis or may follow traumatic or surgical disruption of the
pancreatic duct or rupture of a pseudo-pancreatic cyst.
It is argued that bile reflux to the
pancreatic duct changes the distribution of pancreatic secretion, and given the mucin production in the bile duct, reflux of the pancreatic fluid to the bile duct, and the activation of pancreatic enzymes result in protein plugs in the choledochal cyst (10).
Chronic alcohol intake increases the severity of pancreatitis induced by acute alcohol administration, hyperlipidemia and
pancreatic duct obstruction in rats.
The cause of pancreatitis is the subject of some debate, but proposed causes include obstruction of the
pancreatic duct by either stones or thickened secretions within the duct or by structures outside of it, bacterial infection secondary to invasion of the
pancreatic duct by intestinal bacteria, and interruption of normal blood flow to the pancreas.
It produces digestive juices which pass through the
pancreatic duct into the duodenum.
The CBD near the ampulla and
pancreatic duct were normal in caliber .
Tan, "Duodenal duplication cyst communicating with an aberrant
pancreatic duct," Pediatric Surgery International, vol.
After admission, therapeutic ERCP was attempted initially, but selective biliary cannulation was unsuccessful even with the
pancreatic duct guidewire placement technique.
pancreatic duct - a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine