title: Hemosuccus pancreaticus in a heterotopic jejunal pancreas.
abstract: Heterotopic pancreas is a congenital anomaly defined as pancreatic tissue occurring outside its normal anatomical location, lacking both anatomic and vascular connections. Ninety percent of heterotopic pancreas is found in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms, when present, are normally non-specific and include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding. However, aberrant pancreas is not often recognized as patients are usually symptom-free. We report on a 29 year-old man with acute and severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage through the duct of an aberrant pancreas located in the upper jejunum, without clinical or histological evidence of pancreatic inflammation. We believe that our case is the first description of a pancreatic ductal hemorrhage in an aberrant pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Meneu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Cebrian
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Baleriola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barrasa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology