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PANCREATIC TISSUE IN THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Author(s) -
Ogilvy I. H.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1951.tb03748.x
Subject(s) - medicine , small intestine , pathology , pancreas , general surgery
1. A case of pancreatic tissue in the wall of the small intestine, complicated by intestinal obstruction, and 4 additional cases discovered during routine post‐mortem examination are reported. 2. Observations made on these cases support the hypothesis that the pancreatic tissue arises from the overlying intestinal epithelium. 3. The condition is more common than the number of cases reported in the literature would suggest. 4. Complications are uncommon, but it is important to recognise the nature of the tissue when it is found at operation, and the appearance is such that this is pos‐ sible in the majority of cases. 5. The management of the condition is briefly discussed.