Duplication of the hepatopancreatic bud presenting as pyloric stenosis.
Duplication of systemic organs is not a frequent finding. We report the occurrence of duplication of the hepatopancreatic bud with presence of mature hepatic and pancreatic tissue in a nine-day-old girl who presented with intestinal obstruction mimicking infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Gonzalez
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OR
Department of Laboratories, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, California.
Hardin
W D
WD
Isaacs
H
H
Lally
K P
KP
Brennan
L P
LP
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*