A Case of Heterotopic Pancreas in the Ampulla of Vater that Mimicked Distal Common Bile Duct Cancer.
- Author:
Jung Woo CHUN
1
;
Seong Woo HONG
;
So Duk LIM
;
Yeo Goo CHANG
;
Hyucksang LEE
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. lib0196@thrunet.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Islet of Langerhans/pathology;
Common Bile Duct/abnormalities;
Pancreas/abnormalities;
Jaundice;
Obstructive
- MeSH:
Ampulla of Vater*;
Common Bile Duct*;
Diagnosis;
Jaundice;
Mucous Membrane;
Pancreas*;
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- From:Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
2005;9(4):241-243
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Heterotopic pancreas can be defined as the occurrence of pancreatic tissue at aberrant anatomic sites that lack vascular, neural and anatomic community with the pancreas. A minority of heterotopic pancreas elicit clinical signs or symptoms that can vary according to its location and size, and the involvement of the overlying mucosa. We report here on a case of heterotopic pancreas that was removed by pancreatoduodenectomy under the erroneous diagnosis of distal common bile duct cancer.
