Pancreaticobiliary maljunction and common bile duct in Taiwan
Journal
Pancreaticobiliary Maljunction and Congenital Biliary Dilatation
Pages
43-47
Date Issued
2018
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Abstract
Pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), a congenital anomaly in which the junction of the biliary and pancreatic ducts lies outside of the duodenal wall, has been associated with various biliary diseases, including choledochal cyst, gallblad- der carcinoma, and gallbladder adenomyomatosis. In our study of patients undergo- ing ERCP for pancreaticobiliary conditions in Taiwan, the prevalence of PBM was 8.7%. PBM can be further classified into the B-P type (i.e., the common bile duct joins the pancreatic duct) and P-B type (i.e., the pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct). Choledochal cyst is the most commonly reported biliary disease associ- ated with PBM. In our study, the prevalence of PBM in patients with choledochal cyst and gallbladder cancer were 93.8% and 62.5%, respectively. Notably, PBMs in patients with choledochal cyst were mostly of the B-P type, whereas PBMs in patients with gallbladder carcinoma were mostly of the P-B type. This chapter sum- marizes the literature on PBM from Taiwan. ? Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018.
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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Type
book part