Ectopic pancreas (4 cases)
- Author:
Son Hong Trinh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ectopic pancreas
- MeSH:
Pancreas;
diagnosis;
Anatomy
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
1998;344(1):38-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The ectopic pancreas is rare abnormal anatomy. This paper introduced 4 cases of the ectopic pancreas, which had occurred when patients were fetuses. The ectopic pancreas mainly focused in the upper digestive tract. In generally, there were no symptoms. If have, the symptoms were various which depended on the position and size such as digestive bleeding, ileus, intussuseption and pancreatic pathology such as acute or chronic pancreatitis. The ectopic pancreas usually was diagnosed before operation. It should remove the ectopic pancreas if it is the pathogen.
