Papillary stenosis

Papillary stenosis is a disturbance of the sphincter of Oddi, a muscular valve, that prevents the opening and release of bile or pancreatic fluids into the duodenum in response to food entering the duodenum.

Obstruction of the valve can cause:

• pancreatic pain
• jaundice – bile leaking back into the blood stream.
• attacks of pancreatitis