Ectopic pancreas complicated by pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation mimicking jejunal diverticulitis.
Authors:
- E E FurthEFE E Furth
- B A BirnbaumBBB A Birnbaum
- S E RowlingSRS E Rowling
- H HerlingerHHH Herlinger
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 70 (831) , 311-313
Abstract
Clinical symptoms are rarely produced by ectopic pancreas arising in the jejunum. We report a case of a patient with left lower quadrant abdominal pain due to jejunal ectopic pancreas complicated by acute pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation.Keywords
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