An ectopic gastric duplication arising from the pancreas and presenting with a pneumoperitoneum.
This case report describes a large gastric duplication, which had no attachment to the stomach, and it was found in the pancreas. The second unusual feature of this duplication was that it had eroded into the splenic flexure of the colon, resulting in a large pneumoperitoneum.
D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000150:complications; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000601:surgery*; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery