J Korean Med Sci.  1994 Aug;9(4):351-356. 10.3346/jkms.1994.9.4.351.

Duodenal ectopic pancreas complicated by chronic pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation: a case report

• Chung JP
• Lee SI
• Kim KW
• Chi HS
• Jeong HJ
• Moon YM
• Kang JK
• Park IS

• KMID: 644820
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1994.9.4.351

Abstract

Ectopic pancreas is no longer a rare clinical condition, but its unusual clinical manifestations, locations or complications are of clinical interest. We experienced a case (a 48 year-old male patient) of duodenal ectopic pancreas complicated by chronic pancreatitis and pseudocyst formation of which preoperative imaging findings mimicked a large duodenal submucosal tumor with cystic degeneration such as a leiomyosarcoma. Simultaneous chronic pancreatitis was also demonstrated in the isotopic pancreas of the patient postoperatively. Herein we report a rare clinical condition occurring in an ectopic pancreas with a brief review of the literature.

Keyword

Ectopic pancreas; chronic pancreatitis; pseudocyst

MeSH Terms

Case Report
Choristoma/complications/*diagnosis
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Duodenal Diseases/complications/*diagnosis
Duodenal Neoplasms/diagnosis
Human
Male
Middle Age
*Pancreas
Pancreatic Pseudocyst/complications/*diagnosis
Pancreatitis/complications/*diagnosis