Pancreas bifidum

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The pancreas bifidum ("split pancreas") is a rare malformation of the pancreas in which the main duct ( ductus pancreaticus ) in the area of ​​the tail of the pancreas is split open like a fish's tail. It is one of the fusion anomalies caused by the incomplete fusion of the two systems of the pancreas .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen F. Riemann : Gastroenterology: the reference work for clinics and practices , volume 1. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2007, ISBN 9783131412010 , p. 1780.