A pair of monozygotic twins with anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction and pancreatitis

J Pediatr Surg. 2002 Oct;37(10):1485-7. doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.35425.

Abstract

The authors describe a pair of white 7-year-old monozygotic twin girls with the same anomaly of the pancreaticobiliary junction (APBJ), in whom the clinical presentation and disease evolution are slightly divergent. The pathogenesis and genetic control of the disease are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Common Bile Duct / abnormalities*
  • Common Bile Duct / embryology
  • Diseases in Twins / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Ducts / abnormalities*
  • Pancreatic Ducts / embryology
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*
  • Twins, Monozygotic* / genetics