Diana Hernandez-Jover, Juan Carlos Pernas, Silvia Gonzalez-Ceballos, Ion Lupu, Josep Maria Monill, Carmen Pérez
INTRODUCTION: The pancreatoduodenal junction is a small anatomic area where pathologic processes involving the distal bile duct, duodenum, pancreatic head, ampulla de Vater, and retroperitoneum converge. Differential diagnosis includes a spectrum of entities that ranges from anatomical variants to malignancies. PURPOSE: The aim of this paper was to review the anatomy and different pathologic conditions, whether tumoral, inflammatory, or congenital in origin, in this specific area that involves the pancreatic head, duodenum, duodenal ampulla, distal pancreatobiliary tract junction, and retroperitoneum...
July 2011: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery