Gastric Heterotopic Pancreas Presenting as Abdominal Pain with Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis in the Resected Specimen

Heterotopic pancreas, also known as ectopic pancreas, is pancreatic tissue located outside the pancreatic parenchyma without vascular or ductal communication with the gland. Ectopic pancreas is rarely symptomatic, typically detected incidentally at surgery or autopsy. Eighty-five to 90% are in the u...

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Main Authors: Joseph Wawrzynski, Lauren De Leon, Samir A. Shah, Alyn Adrain, Lisa J. Goldstein, Edward Feller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2021712
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