title: Ectopic pancreas in gallbladder. Clinical significance, diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
abstract: Ectopic or heterotopic pancreas is defined as the presence of pancreatic tissue in an anatomical place not related to the pancreas, being it most frequent locations the stomach and small bowel. Its finding in the gallbladder is exceptional. Since the first case was reported by Otschkin in 1916, about 30 cases have been described in literature. We report the case of a 43 years-old male patient who had an urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, which pathological study showed the existence of chronic cholecystitis with heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder wall.
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, España.
authors.forename: Elena Margarita
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Sanchiz Cárdenas
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Málaga.
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soler Humanes
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Málaga.
authors.forename: Ana I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Lavado Fernández
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Málaga.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz Nieto
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Málaga.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Suárez Muñoz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas