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Journal of Case Reports
An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdomen: Intestinal Ischemia due to Jejunal Heterotopic Pancreas
Murat Can Mollaoglu1, Sinan Soylu1, Birkan Bozkurt1, Hatice Reyhan Egilmez2, Mustafa Turan1
Department of 1General Surgery and 2Pathology, Cumhuriyet University, School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Birkan Bozkurt
Email: birkan.bozkurt@gmail.com
Received: 03-DEC-2014 Accepted: 16-FEB-2015 Published Online: 25-MAR-2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2015.0032
Abstract
Heterotopic pancreas is a defined as the case where pancreatic tissue is located outside its normal anatomical location. It is a congenital anomaly and often an incidental finding, and can be found at different sites in the gastrointestinal system. Jejunum is a rare localization for heterotopic pancreas. It is usually asymptomatic. Due to their origin and spread, these lesions form intramural masses with relatively late mucosal invasions and their diagnosis is difficult task through endoscopic technique and radiological imaging. In this case report, we are presenting the case of a 64 year-old male patient, due to its rare localisation and complication, who was taken under an urgent operation due to acute abdomen diagnosis, and who was diagnosed, during the operation, with jejunal heterotopic pancreas which causes segmental mesenteric ischemia.
Keywords : Pancreas, Jejunum, Mesenteric ischemia, Acute Abdomen, Congenital, Humans.
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