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BACKGROUND
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is useful for examining the pancreatic duct system in patients with acute pancreatitis instead of using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), as ERCP-induced pancreatitis represents a serious problem. However, we present
A 50-year-old Japanese woman complained of abdominal and back pain. Ten years previously she had undergone cholecystectomy, choledochectomy, and Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy for gallbladder cancer associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction without bile duct dilatation. On the present
OBJECTIVE
To clarify the strategy for early diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) without biliary dilatation and to pathologically examine gallbladder before cancer develops.
METHODS
The anatomy of the union of the pancreatic and bile ducts was assessed by using endoscopic retrograde