Giant heterotopic pancreas presenting with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Dig Dis Sci
; 52(4): 956-9, 2007 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-17342389
ABSTRACT
Heterotopic pancreas, or pancreatic rest, refers to extra-pancreatic tissue without an obvious vascular or anatomic connection with the pancreas. Although the frequency of heterotopic pancreatic tissue in autopsy series has been reported as high as 14%, clinical manifestations are rare [2]. Although common in the upper gastrointestinal tract, heterotopic pancreatic tissue rarely causes gastrointestinal bleeding. In a large case series following patients with heterotopic pancreatic tissue, only 7 of 212 patients had any evidence of bleeding [3]. We present a patient who presented with massive hematochezia found to have a giant heterotopic pancreas in the duodenum.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Páncreas
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Coristoma
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Enfermedades Duodenales
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dig Dis Sci
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos