title: [Heterotopic pancreas].
abstract: Heterotopic pancreas is a rare entity, usually asymptomatic, and found incidentally during laparotomy, when symptomatic it is for some complication, gastric obstruction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Meckel's diverticulum, obstructive jaundice. We report four patients, with this diagnostic and make a bibliographic review of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Cirugía General, Hospital Militar Dr. Carlos Arvelo, Caracas.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Quintero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Páncreas heterotópico.