@article{2953eefc74f84a739401eeded23d0aa5,
title = "Ectopic opening of the common bile duct accompanied by choledochocele and pancreas divisum",
abstract = "A 32-year-old woman was referred due to abdominal pain and elevated liver enzymes. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed ectopic opening of the common bile duct (CBD) into the duodenal bulb. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed a hemispheric bulge in the duodenal bulb. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) revealed the bulge to be cystic dilatation of the CBD. ERCP also showed no communication between the ventral and dorsal pancreatic ducts. We diagnosed the patient with ectopic opening of the CBD accompanied by choledochocele and pancreas divisum. Endoscopic incision was performed for the treatment of the choledochocele. The patient{\textquoteright}s symptoms and elevated liver enzymes improved after treatment.",
keywords = "Choledochocele, Common bile duct, Ectopic opening, Pancreas, Pancreas divisum, Pancreaticobiliary abnormalities",
author = "Tetsuya Takikawa and Atsushi Kanno and Atsushi Masamune and Seiji Hongo and Naoki Yoshida and Eriko Nakano and Shin Miura and Shin Hamada and Kiyoshi Kume and Kazuhiro Kikuta and Morihisa Hirota and Tooru Shimosegawa",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (#25461020 to A. Kanno) and by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (to T. Chiba, Y. Takeyama and T. Mimori). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6240",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "1097--1102",
journal = "Internal Medicine",
issn = "0918-2918",
publisher = "Japanese Society of Internal Medicine",
number = "9",
}