Pancreaticobiliary Ductal Union Gut: First Published As 10.1136/Gut.31.10.1144 on 1 October 1990
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1144 Gut, 1990, 31, 1144-1149 Pancreaticobiliary ductal union Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut.31.10.1144 on 1 October 1990. Downloaded from S P Misra, M Dwivedi Abstract TABLE ii Length ofthe common channel in normalsubjects in The main pancreatic duct and the common bile various series duct open into the second part of the duo- Authors Mean (mm) Range (mm) denum alone or after joining as a common Misra et al4 4-7 1-018-4 channel. A common channel of >15 mm (an Kimura et al5 4.6 2-10 anomalous pancreaticobiliary duct) is associ- Dowdy et al6 4-4 1-12 ated with congenital cystic dilatation of the common bile duct and carcinoma of the gall bladder. Even a long common channel channel of <3 mm, and 18% had a common (38 mm) is associated with a higher frequency channel of >3 mm. The rhean length was not of carcinoma of the gall bladder. Gail stones mentioned.2 In a necropsy study of 35 infants, smaller than the common channel and a long Miyano et al' noted that the average length of the common channel predispose to gail stone common channel was 1 3 mm. induced acute pancreatitis. Separate openings Kimura et al,' using cineradiography during for the two ductal systems predisposes to ERCP, have shown contractile motility of the development of gall stones and alcohol ductal wall extending well beyond the common induced chronic pancreatitis. The role of channel, towards the liver. The mean (SD) ductal union has also been investigated in length of the contractile segment was 20 5 primary sclerosing cholangitis and biliary (4 6) mm (range 14-31 mm). atresia. Anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union The anatomy of the distal ends of the common (APBD) bile duct and the main pancreatic duct has In APBD the connection between the common received attention because of its importance in bile duct and the main pancreatic duct is located pancreaticobiliary diseases (Table I). The two outside the duodenal wall and is therefore not ducts open in the duodenum either separately or under the influence of the sphincter of Boyden http://gut.bmj.com/ via a common channel. In the pre-endoscope era, (Table III)." The frequency of APBD varies a common channel was noted in 20-90% of the from 1 5-3 2%.4 0ll5 The highest incidence general population at necropsy and in 7-50% by of 3-2% was reported by Kimura et all and cholangiography.' In a later study a common Unozawa et al." If it appears that the pancreatic channel was found in 74% of specimens, 7% of duct is joining the common bile duct it is denoted which had interposed septum and 19% separate as P-B type and if the common bile duct appears openings for the two ducts.2 Another necropsy to join the main pancreatic duct it is denoted as on September 24, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. study noted separate ducts (separate openings B-P type (Fig 1). plus one opening without a common channel) in Kimura et all have shown that the contractile 16-9% subjects while 83 1% had a common segment of the common channel, in APBD, channel.3 Our own data, based on a retrospective ended well below the common channel. The analysis of 259 selected endoscopic retrograde mean (SD) length of the contractile segment was cholangiopancreaticograms (ERCPs), in which 14-8 (4 6) mm (range 11-22 mm) in subjects with the pancreaticobiliary ductal union could be APBD compared to 205 (4 6) mm (range clearly seen, showed a common channel in 63%.4 14-31 mm) in those without APBD. The differ- The length of the common channel in normal ence between the two groups was significant people ranges from 1-12 mm, with a mean of (p<O OO1). about 4-5 mm45 (Table II). Jona et at7 noted that the length ofthe common channel was < 5 mm in normal people. A common channel of 4 mm in MECHANISM OF APBD infants and 6 mm in adults was considered It may be that APBD is a result of uneven abnormal.8 In Di Magno's series 25% of patients proliferation of bile duct epithelium during fetal had a well defined ampulla, 31% had a common life. II The union ofthe common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct is located lateral to the duodenum up to the eighth week ofgestation and TABLE I Diseases associated with disorders ofthe then it shifts medially to lie finally within the Gastroenterology Unit, pancreaticobiliary ductal union Postgraduate Department of Medicine, Anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union: Congenital cystic dilatation TABLE in Definition ofanomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal MLN Medical College, Carcinoma of the gall bladder union used by various workers Allahabad-211001, India Long common channel: S P Misra Carcinoma of the gall bladder Common channel > 15 mm4 5'0'4 M Dwivedi Gall stone induced acute pancreatitis Common channel >20 mm or ducts joining perpendicular to each Correspondence to: Separate openings ofthe common bile duct and the main pancreatic other, or both" Dr S P Misra. duct: Common channel > 15 mm plus amylase activity in bile Gall stones > 10 000 IU"l Accepted for publication Alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis Common channel >6 mm outside duodenum'6 30 October 1989 Pancreaticobiliary ductal union 1145 Figure 1: Two types of amylase,22 but he failed to produce localised union. In the BP type the common bile duct appears to dilatation by regurgitating pancreatic juice join the main pancreatic experimentally into the common bile duct.24 Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut.31.10.1144 on 1 October 1990. Downloaded from duct, while in the PB type Cylindrical dilatation of varying degrees has the main pancreatic duct been pancreatic juice appears tojoin the common produced by injecting bile duct. through the bile duct in mongrel dogs.27 Oguchi et al27 found epithelial hyperplasia with round cell infiltration and thickening of the wall with fibrosis in all of their patients with cystic dilatation (n=40). They divided their patients into two groups. One group presented with abdominal pain; 86-4% showed pre- PB BP dominant epithelial hyperplasia and round cell infiltration (glandular type). The amylase activity in bile was increased. The other group duodenal wall. Failure of this movem ent could presented with obstructive jaundice; 73-7% of result in APBD.'8 these patients showed predominant thickening of the wall with fibrosis (fibrotic type). Amylase activity, in bile of these patients, was signifi- APBD and congenital cystic dilatatioia ofthe cantly less than in the other group. 14 of 31 common bile duct patients with cystic dilatation had glandular type In 1906 Arnolds noted an association between while the other 17 had fibrotic type but all nine APBD and congenital dilatation of the common patients with cylindrical cystic dilatation had bile duct. 19 Since then many workcers have glandular type. In their animal model, where a reported this association.57 10 14-17 20-27 T'he incid- pancreatico-cholecystostomy was done, they ence of this association in various studies is observed only cylindrical dilatation. They shown in Table IV. concluded that cylindrical congenital cystic Ono et al'6 found APBD in 15 (683%) of 22 dilatation may be accounted for by an APBD patients with congenital cystic dilatatiion, while union, with resultant reflux of pancreatic juice Sameshima et a126 found APBD in 47-5% of into the common bile duct. But for cystic patients with congenital cystic dilataticmn. In two dilatation both an APBD union and an obstruc- other studies APBD was noted in 333%24 and tive element in the lower part of the cyst play a 100%7 of patients with congenital cystic dilata- part. tion. http://gut.bmj.com/ APBD and carcinoma ofthe gall bladder TYPE OF UNION Several Japanese workers have reported an Kimura'° and Komi et a124 noted that B-P type of association between APBD and carcinoma of the union is usually associated with congenlital cystic gall bladder."'3-15 28-35 Kato et al'5 reported that dilatation, while another study frc)m Japan four of nine (44-4%) patients with APBD had noted the P-B union in nine of 15 (606/io) cases.'6 carcinoma of the gall bladder. Only four of 291 In a recent series 28 (56%) of 50 cases wvere ofthe (1-3%) patients without APBD had carcinoma of on September 24, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. P-B type and 22 (44%) of the B-P typoe.5 Arima the gall bladder. and Akita noted the B-P type in 66°a and P-B Kimura et all noted APBD in 16-7% of type in 34% ofpatients.25 patients with carcinoma of the gall bladder compared to only 2-8% of patients with other hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. They also MECHANISM OF CONGENITAL CYSTIC DILiATATION found that ofthe 65 cases ofAPBD, carcinoma of The exact cause of congenital cystic di.latation is the gall bladder was present in 24-6% compared not known. Babbitt et a120 proposed thaat because to 1-9% in those without APBD. Of these 65 of the abnormally long common chainnel mal- patients with APBD, 50 had congenital cystic development of the sphincter of Odcii occurs, dilatation of the common bile duct. Of the which results in a reversed pressure gradient remaining 15 (who did not have congenital cystic between the common bile duct and the main dilatation), 11 (73 3%) had gall bladder cancer pancreatic duct. This leads to regurgPitation of compared to only five (10%) of the 50 patients.