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Archives of Gastroenterology Research

ISSN: 2692-5427

Case Report Open Access
Volume 7 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Gastroenterology.7.078

Long Common Pancreaticobiliary Channel — A Rare Cause of Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children

Abhay Singla1,#,*, Sanjeev Kumar Verma1,#, Himani Singh1, Manisha Verma1, Himanshu Gupta1
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
  • #These authors contributed equally to this work
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Corresponding Author

Abhay Singla, abhaysingla97@gmail.com

Received Date: April 18, 2026

Accepted Date: June 05, 2026

Citation:

Singla A, Verma SK, Singh H, Verma M, Gupta H. Long Common Pancreaticobiliary Channel — A Rare Cause of Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children. Arch Gastroenterol Res. 2026;7(1):35–39.


Copyright: © 2026 Singla A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Pancreaticobiliary maljunction, an abnormal junction between pancreatic and Common Bile Duct (CBD) which forms before the opening in duodenum to form a long common channel, with or without biliary dilatation is a rare cause of recurrent pancreatitis in children. The anomalous junction results in reflux of pancreatic juices into the biliary tract leading to injury. This report describes a pediatric patient presenting with recurrent acute pancreatitis, suspected to have long common pancreaticobiliary maljunction based on ultrasound describing dilated common bile duct. The role of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in diagnosis and the role of endoscopy in management of the patient has been described.

Keywords

Long common channel, Pancreaticobiliary maljunction, Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

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