pancreas divisum…

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digestive system, endocrine glands, pancreas, pancreas divisum, congenital, present from birth, defect, parts, the pancreas to fail to fuse together, ducts, the pancreas, in many cases this defect goes undetected, the defect, pancreatic ducts, become obstructed, symptoms similar to pancreatitis, pancreas divisum affects, 5%, the general population, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, no symptoms, an ercp, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, elevated blood amylase, lipase, abdominal ct scan, a person has symptoms of this condition, has had recurrent pancreatitis, surgical bypass, reconstruction, the malformed pancreatic ducts indicated to relieve obstruction, probable outcome is good, main complication of pancreas divisum is pancreatitis, pancreatitis, symptoms of this disorder develop, condition is present at birth, no known prevention.