Incidental duodenal pancreatic heterotopia during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
a case report and literature review
1/1/20191 min read
Objective:
Congenital defects/diseases
Background:
Heterotopic pancreas is pancreatic tissue that presents outside the normal anatomical location. It is mostly discovered in the upper gastrointestinal tract (mostly the foregut). We report the first case report of incidentaloma of duodenal heterotopic pancreas in obese patients during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Post authors
Fahad BaMehriz 1, Mohammed N Alali 1, Hassan Arishi 2, Waed Yahya Yaseen 3, Mohammed Alswayyed 4, Abdullah Aldohayan 1
Professor. Abdullah Al-Dohayan
President of the Saudi Society of Endoscopic Surgery, Consultant in General Surgery and Endoscopy, specializing in obesity surgery, hernias, pathological veins, and peritoneal dialysis.
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