Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Pancreas divisum is the most common pancreatic disorder that develops before ...

The etiology of acute pancreatitis in humans is well-known. As the common bile duct and pancreatic duct are adjacent to one another in the duodenal papilla, pancreatitis secondary to biliary tract ...

Radiologic features including the size of the lesion and its growth rate, the density of the lesion, characteristics of the wall such as nodules, septations, or calcifications, and the relationship ...

Background and Aim: Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas can be divided into three clinically distinct subtypes: main duct type, branch duct type and mixed type. Although it ...

The following is a summary of "Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis due to placement of biliary self-expandable metal stents (SEMS): a single-center retrospective study," published in the March 2025 issue ...

For these reasons, it is frequently best to remove the spleen along with the tail of the pancreas. The pancreatic duct and cut edge of the pancreas is oversewn in an effort to prevent any leak of ...