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Pancreatitis of the Gastroduodenal Groove: A Case Report

Author(s) -

V. N. German,

Konstantinos Ekmektzoglou,

Nicolaos Kyriakos,

Paraskevas Patouras,

Athanasios Kikilas

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2010/329587

Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , duodenum , head of pancreas , pancreaticoduodenectomy , common bile duct , pancreas , general surgery , groove (engineering) , pancreatic head , pancreatic duct , duct (anatomy) , surgery , gastroenterology , materials science , metallurgy

Groove pancreatitis, a form of chronic pancreatitis affecting the head of the pancreas, is localized within the groove between the pancreas head, duodenum, and common bile duct. We report a case of a male patient with groove pancreatitis who initially underwent a duodenal preserving gastrenteranastomosis. Unfortunately, the patient's symptoms were only partially controlled, necessitating a pancreaticoduodenectomy in due course as the definite surgical restoration procedure. The surgical approach selected proved inadequate since the patient's symptoms did not resolve over time. This reflects that by-pass operations like these are not indicated for the management of patients with groove pancreatitis.

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