Santorinicele without pancreas divisum pathophysiology: initial clinical and radiographic investigations

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Table 1 Features of santorinicele without pancreas divisum pathophysiology

Case, group	Age, gender	Chief complaint (diagnosis)	History	Family history	Alcohol consumption (g/day)	Brinkman index	Ductal anomaly	Size³(mm)
1, P	67, F	Asymptomatic (Osler-Rendu-Weber disease)	CP¹	Gastric cancer	N/A	N/A	-	3.5 × 3.5
2, P	72, F	Abdominal pain (gall stones and cholangitis)	CP¹, alcoholic hepatitis, nephrosclerosis	-	150	150	MMPD	3.8 × 3.8
3, P	67, M	Jaundice (suspected of cholangiocarcinoma)	Post-ERCP acute pancreatitis²	-	50	920	-	5.3 × 5.3
4, P	77, F	Abdominal pain (CP¹)	CP¹, adenomyomatosis	-	0	0	-	5.7 × 4.2
5, P	85, M	Back pain (colon diverticulosis)	N/A	-	0	0	MMPD	4.2 × 3.4

¹Diagnosed according to the latest diagnostic criteria for chronic pancreatitis [15] using magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and ultrasonography; ²Diagnosed according to the latest diagnostic criteria for acute pancreatitis [14]; ³Size of santorinicele (horizontal diameter × vertical diameter); CP, chronic pancreatitis; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; MMPD, meandering main pancreatic duct (reverse-Z type) [17]; N/A, not available; P, Patient group.

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