Annular pancreas combined with distal stenosis. A report of four cases and review of the literature. - Concepedia

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Annular pancreas combined with distal stenosis. A report of four cases and review of the literature.

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2006

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E Papandreou, Nikolaos Baltogiannis, Bruno Cigliano, Antonio Savanelli, Alessandro Settimi, D.C. Keramidas

Abstract

a) The combination of duodenal atresia with annular pancreas and distal duodenal stenosis or web is extremely rare. b) Patency of the duodenum distal to the usual obstruction should always be checked in order to avoid misdiagnosis of this combination.