Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 63. No. 2, 2024.
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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2024.63.02.19
Endoscopic treatment of intraluminal duodenal diverticulum: a case report
Ivan Budimir
; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Filip Babić
orcid.org/0009-0008-1712-5981
; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Tomašić
; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;
Petra Ćaćić
; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Bešlić
; Fourth Medical Department, Augsburg University Medical Center, Augsburg, Germany
Pierre Henri Deprez
; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract
Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum is a rare entity that may cause recurrent
pancreatitis. We report a case of a 36-year-old female admitted with etiologically unclear, recurrent
pancreatitis. Radiographic study and endoscopy revealed a sac-like structure of the second portion
of the duodenum near the minor duodenal papilla. Endoscopic diverticulotomy was successfully
performed. No complications were observed and the patient was discharged home a day later. After
62-month follow-up, the patient was active and without symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first
reported case of recurrent pancreatitis caused by intraluminal duodenal diverticulum near the minor
duodenal papilla, treated with endoscopic diverticulotomy performed from the apex to the base of the
diverticulum.
Keywords
Endoscopic diverticulotomy; Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum; Recurrent pancreatitis; Duodenal minor papilla
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31.10.2025.
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