Acute pancreatitis after endoscopic biopsy of the minor duodenal papilla in an individual with pancreas divisum

Severe acute pancreatitis following biopsy of the minor papilla of the duodenum

“…To our knowledge, this is the first case of fatal necrotizing acute pancreatitis following a minor papilla biopsy. Two severe cases following biopsy of the minor papilla have been reported in the literature [4,5], for which an almost identical clinical picture of abrupt onset only a few hours after biopsy was described. Those patients were discharged from the hospital after several weeks of care [4,5], in contrast to our patient who died.…”

“…Two severe cases following biopsy of the minor papilla have been reported in the literature [4,5], for which an almost identical clinical picture of abrupt onset only a few hours after biopsy was described. Those patients were discharged from the hospital after several weeks of care [4,5], in contrast to our patient who died. In both cases in the literature, the patients presented with pancreas divisum.…”