An Unusual Cause of Simultaneous Common Bile and Pancreatic Duct Dilation

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Journal Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf)

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2014 Jun 19

PMID 24939738

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Authors

Puneet Chhabra

Surinder Singh Rana

Vishal Sharma

Ravi Sharma

Rajesh Gupta

Deepak Kumar Bhasin

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Abstract

Simultaneous dilation of both the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct (double-duct sign) is usually because of ampullary or pancreatic tumours. Here we report an unusual cause of double-duct dilation; we describe the case of a 49-year-old female who developed afferent loop syndrome after pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy: cross-sectional imaging of the abdomen revealed a double-duct sign.

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