Erschienen in:
01.08.2014 | UNM Clinical Case Conferences
Extra-Pancreatic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain
verfasst von:
George A. Holman, Gulshan Parasher
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 8/2014
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Excerpt
During fetal development, pancreatic tissue on rare occasions is implanted ectopically. This ectopic pancreas, or pancreatic heterotopia, arises during the embryological phase of foregut rotation, when fragments of pancreas separate from the main body, implanting most commonly in the gastrointestinal tract, where they are termed pancreatic rests or heterotopia. We describe a woman with chronic pancreatitis and a pseudocyst arising in a gastric pancreatic rest producing abdominal pain and vomiting that resolved after surgical resection. …