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Pancreas inflammation involving the duodenum has many names: Cystic dystrophy on aberrant pancreas of the duodenal wall, Groove pancreatitis... Adsay and Zamboni proposed paraduodenal pancreatitis as a term that involves these 2 organs
There are 2 important concepts: 1) The pancreatic-duodenal groove is the space between the duodenum and the pancreas: vessels, lymph nodes, Wirsung, Santorini, CBD & some acini are there. Those acini can suffer from pancreatitis: that`s groove pancreatitis
2001, I started to attend patients with acute pancreatitis as a GI resident in @GVAsalualicante. Books and papers recommended aggressive fluid resuscitation. It was believed that many fluids increased pancreatic blood flow preventing pancreatic necrosis
But I asked to myself, what is aggressive fluid resuscitation, how much fluids, and which type of fluids? I looked for specific data, but all was vague. I asked in GI meetings, and the answers of experts were vague, no specific fluid rate, just generalities
2/5 Panther trial: A Step-up Approach or Open Necrosectomy for Necrotizing Pancreatitis @NEJM
This trial robustly demonstrated that minimally invasive treatment (percutaneous drainage and minim. invasive surgery if needed) was better than open surgery nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEβ¦
3/5 Penguin trial: Endoscopic Transgastric vs Surgical Necrosectomy for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis @JAMA_currentjamanetwork.com/journals/jama/β¦ This trial showed that endoscopic necrosectomy was better (less aggressive) than open surgery
This special #TheAmylaseSchool infographics (or mini-course) is a guide to navigate the deep waters of Pubmed (and not get drown). I provide a pdf at the end of the Twitter Thread
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The groove area or pancreaticoduodenal groove involves the space between the duodenum, the head of the pancreas and the common bile duct karger.com/Article/FullTeβ¦
Groove pancreatitis is a segmental chronic pancreatitis that affects the groove area; it was described in 1973 by Becker link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9β¦
Cross-sectional imaging often reveals unexpected pancreatic cystic lesions, it is a frequent clinical problem, Should we observe or remove it? What's the diagnosis? Is our patient in danger of malignancy?
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Importance of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms (PCN):
Most are asymptomatic at diagnosis, frequency increases with age
Symptoms: acute pancreatitis (Wirsung obstructed by the cyst or mucus), pain, obstructive chronic pancreatitis, jaundice
> symptoms, >malignancy risk!
Classification of PCN:
Mucinous: intraductal papillary mucinous neop. and mucinous cystic neop.
Nonmucinous: serous cystic neoplasm, solid pseudopapillary neoplasm and cystic neuroendocrine tumours
Endoderm- derived columnar epithelium is characteristic for mucinous lesions
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