title: Pancreatic heterotopia in the gallbladder: an incidental finding after cholecystectomy.
abstract: Ectopic pancreas in the gallbladder is found very rarely in histological examination after cholecystectomy. The etiology of this entity is not yet clear, but there exist several hypotheses about its origin. Our histological study revealed both exocrine and endocrine components of pancreatic tissue as shown by H&E and immunohistochemical staining of a gallbladder sections of a 55-year old man. Ectopic pancreatic tissue may be an underestimated cause of acute idiopathic pancreatitis thus detailed postoperative histological examination may decrease the number of acute pancreatitis cases without the known cause.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Proctology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska Str. 213, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sroczyński
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hałoń
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rudnicki
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piekarz
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology