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Sundar S, Purushotham B, Rathinasamy R, Kathiresan P. Meandering Pancreatic Duct as a Cause of Idiopathic Recurrent Pancreatitis. World J Lap Surg 2018; 11 (1):48-50.
Idiopathic pancreatitis contribute to about 20% of acute and recurrent pancreatitis. Here we present a case of loop-type variant of meandering pancreatitis. A patient with a very rare anomaly of the main pancreatic duct presented with recurrent episodes of pancreatitis.
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