Santorinicele without pancreas divisum pathophysiology: initial clinical and radiographic investigations

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Table 2 Features of santorinicele with pancreas divisum

Case, group	Age, gender	Chief complaint (diagnosis)	History	Family history	Alcohol consumption (g/day)	BI	Ductal anomaly	Size¹(mm)
6, P	75, M	Asymptomatic (adenomyomatosis)	DM, RF	DM, hepatitis,	17	0	PDAVD	6.5 × 4.2
7, P	56, F	Asymptomatic (AVM²)	CI	LC, Parkinson disease	0	0	Classical PD	5.5 × 3.8
8, P	76, M	Epigastralgia (gallstone)	CI, Ischemic colitis	Ileus	18	0	Classical PD	6.7 × 5.3
9, P	56, M	Hypochondrial pain (cholangitis)	Asthma, DM, hepatic cancer, rectal cancer	Hepatitis	20	0	PDAVD	6.7 × 5.3
10, P	78, M	Asymptomatic (tiny pancreatic cyst)	Hepatitis	RF, TB	10	0	Incomplete PD	5.9 × 4.7
11, C	74, M	Asymptomatic (negative study)	Hypothyroidism, RF	N/A	0	12.5	PDAVD	9.9 × 8.3

¹Size of santorinicele (horizontal diameter × vertical diameter); ²Multiple pulmonary lesions but not confirmed as Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome; AVM, arteriovenous malformation; BI, Brinkman index; C, Community group; CI, cerebral infarction; CP, chronic pancreatitis; DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; LC, liver cirrhosis; N/A, not available; P, Patient group; PD, pancreas divisum; PDAVD, pancreas divisum with absent ventral duct; RF, renal failure; TB, tuberculosis.

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