title: [Ectopic pancreas in Meckel's diverticulitis: a description of a new clinical case].
abstract: Ectopic pancreas is a rare congenital abnormality probably due to a derangement of embryologic development of digestive tract. Its frequency is reported in the literature between 0.5-14% predominantly distributed in the stomach, duodenum, jejunum. Such condition is extremely difficult to be diagnosed, in fact most of the case of ectopic pancreas are an accidental finding. We describe a case of ectopic pancreas located in the Meckel's diverticulum, resected at laparotomy performed for colonic disease. Although in retrospective review symptoms from ectopic pancreas are reported in up to 50% of the cases our patient was free of symptoms. In addition the finding of ectopic pancreas in Meckel's diverticulum has been described only seldom in the previous literature. Treatment however should always be resection in order to prevent complications that may occur, although rarely.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche  -  Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale II  -  Universitá di L' Aquila.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Navarra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cianca
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vittorini
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ciccarelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietroletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ierace
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sindici
mesh_terms: D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010179:Pancreas; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology