The angle of pancreaticobiliary junction correlates with acute XXXX : a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography study.

@entity1 @entity788 @entity29110
OBJECTIVE: To study the correlation between the angle of the pancreaticobiliary junction ( @entity29110 ) and the prevalence of acute @entity788 using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: From February 2014 to October 2014, thirty two subjects with normal pancreas (group A) and 40 @entity1 with acute @entity788 (group B) who underwent MRCP were enrolled into our study. The type of biliary duct and main pancreatic duct joining the duodenal wall was reviewed and divided into V, B-P and P-B type. The V type is the pancreatic duct and biliary duct joining the duodenal wall without a common channel; the B-P type is the biliary duct draining into the pancreatic duct and forming a common channel; and the P-B type is the pancreatic duct draining into the biliary duct and forming a common channel. @entity29110 was measured on MRCP. The correlation between the @entity29110 and the prevalence of acute @entity788 was analyzed. RESULTS: The @entity29110 in group A was smaller than in group B (51.45    13.51   vs. 65.76    15.61  , P<0.05). According to the type of biliary duct and main pancreatic duct joining the duodenal wall, the prevalence of acute @entity788 in the V type and in the B-P type was higher than in the P-B type (12/17 vs. 10/29, or 18/26 vs. 10/29, respectively, all P<0.05), whereas there were no significant difference for the prevalence of acute @entity788 between the V type and B-P type (P>0.05). The @entity29110 were 59.32    20.04  , 60.22    11.06  , 57.13    17.27  , respectively in V type, B-P type and P-B type joining of main pancreatic duct (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: A larger @entity29110 is related to a higher prevalence of acute @entity788 .
