title: Duplication of the hepatopancreatic bud presenting as pyloric stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratories, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hardin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lally
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: 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*