Catalog

Accessory pancreas

LB21.2

Link to WHO Definition

Accessory pancreas – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/240534435

Accessory pancreas is an asymptomatic embryopathy characterised by the presence of pancreatic tissue in other sites of the body such as the splenic pedicle, gonadic pedicles, intestinal mesentery, duodenum wall, upper jejunum, or, more rarely, the gastric wall, ileum, gallbladder or spleen.

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