Ectopic pancreas complicated by pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation mimicking jejunal diverticulitis.
Clinical symptoms are rarely produced by ectopic pancreas arising in the jejunum. We report a case of a patient with left lower quadrant abdominal pain due to jejunal ectopic pancreas complicated by acute pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation.
Rubesin
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Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Furth
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Birnbaum
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Rowling
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Herlinger
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed