Complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein--surgical implications of an extremely rare anomaly.
BACKGROUND
Due to the complex embryologic development, pancreatic anatomy can be very variable.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors present the second ever reported case in the literature of a complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein which forced us to alter the standard operative procedure of pancreatic head resection, thus enabling possible dangerous complications.
Marjanovic
Goran
G
Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. goran.marjanovic@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Obermaier
Robert
R
Benz
Stefan
S
Bley
Thorsten
T
Juettner
Eva
E
Hopt
Ulrich T
UT
Adam
Ulrich
U
D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010193:Pancreaticojejunostomy / Q000379:methods*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*