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Information on the drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst into a Roux-en-Y jejunal loop from a chapter of the book "Atlas of Gastrointestinal Surgery," Volume One, Second Edition, is presented. A pseudocyst results from disruption of the pancreatic duct or chronic inflammation. To rule out other pathology, the abdomen is examined. A cystojenunostomy can be chosen to avoid the constant alkaline bathing of the antrum which results from cystogastrostomy. A Roux-en-Y jejunal loop provides dependent drainage to a segment of the defunctionalized intestinal tract.

A definition of the term "CRP-ductin" is presented. It refers to the mouse homologue of DMBT1 and is most prevalent in the gastrointestinal tract and in pancreatic and hepatic ducts.