ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF PANCREATIC DUCTS

Background: Anatomical variations and congenital anomalies of the pancreatic ducts are often detected as incidental ndings in asymptomatic patients and are commonly encountered in radiological investigations. Anatomical knowledge of the pancreatic ducts and its variations are important to avoid pancreatic injury during surgical and investigative procedure. The Objectives: aim of the present study is to study anatomical variation of the pancreatic ducts. Methods: The study was done in the department of Anatomy, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam. 50 specimens were collected, (35 nos perinatal and 15 nos adult). A thorough morphological study of the pancreatic duct system was carried out and the results were recorded. Variations of the pancreatic ducts & their diffe Results: rent types correlate with the previous studies to some extent. Conclusion: Knowledge of the pattern and anomaly of the pancreatic ducts will add in the long list of variations of the pancreas. It will be helpful for safe and effective diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and prevention of inadvertent organ damage or ductal injury.

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF THE PANCREATIC DUCT SYSTEM

Authors was study pancreatic duct system in our population. It was found that the main function of draining in the pancreas performs the main pancreatic duct and only in those cases where there was a deep location of the main pancreatic duct (closer to the hook-shaped appendages) helper function drainage was carried out through an additional duct. Also found separate pancreatic ductal system - pancreas divisum. Due to the extensive use of technology endo-sonography in various tumor and neoplastic diseases of the pancreas knowledge of the anatomic and topographic features of the duct system will improve the quality of diagnosis in this nosologically group.