Abstract

NEYRA-LEON, Jesús; SALCEDO-PALOMINO, José Luis; DIAZ-MONGE, Juan Carlos  and  LEON-ALEGRIA, Olguer. Pancreatic Choristoma within a duodenal diverticulum, an accidental finding: apropos of a casePancreatic coristoma within a duodenal diverticulum: a case report. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.3, pp.188-191. ISSN 0001-6002.  http://dx.doi.org/10.51481/amc.v63i3.1162.

Pancreatic choristoma, also called heterotopic pancreas is a rare condition in gastroenterology. This entity consists of the presence of aberrant pancreatic tissue in some other area of the gastrointestinal tract without vascular or anatomical continuity with the normal pancreas; it has been seldomly reported and it could exhibit variable symptomathology.

We herein report the case of a 46-year-old male, who presented with abdominal pain and was found, through invasive examinations to have a pancreatic choristoma within a duodenal diverticulum. The diagnosis was made using histopathology and immune-histochemistry testing.

Keywords : Choristoma; heterotopic pancreas; duodenal diverticulum; gastrointestinal tract; abdominal pain. (source: MeSH NLM)..

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