A 30-year-old man presents to the emergency department with complaints of severe abdominal pain along with nausea and vomiting for one day. The pain is described as constant, dull, and boring, and radiates to his back. He admits to binge drinking 3 nights ago with friends at a party. Laboratory studies reveal significantly elevated amylase and lipase and acute pancreatitis is suspected. An abdominal CT shows pancreas divisum, a common congenital anomaly that results from failure of the pancreatic ductal systems of the ventral and dorsal pancreatic primordia to fuse during embryogenesis. Which of the following pancreatic structures is derived from the ventral pancreatic primordium? A. Tail B. Body C. Superior aspect of the head D. Accessory pancreatic duct E. Main pancreatic duct
A 30-year-old man presents to the emergency department with complaints of severe
abdominal pain along with nausea and vomiting for one day. The pain is described as
constant, dull, and boring, and radiates to his back. He admits to binge drinking 3 nights
ago with friends at a party. Laboratory studies reveal significantly elevated amylase and
lipase and acute pancreatitis is suspected. An abdominal CT shows pancreas divisum, a
common congenital anomaly that results from failure of the pancreatic ductal systems of
the ventral and dorsal pancreatic primordia to fuse during embryogenesis. Which of the
following pancreatic structures is derived from the ventral pancreatic primordium?
A. Tail
B. Body
C. Superior aspect of the head
D. Accessory pancreatic duct
E. Main pancreatic duct
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