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Heterotopic Pancreatitis

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Heterotopic pancreas is a rare congenital condition in which pancreatic tissue deposits abnormally outside the pancreas (1).Heterotopic pancreas is a migration-type congenital anomaly (1).Although the embryologic mechanism is still unclear, three prevailing theories have been proposed: the misplacement, metaplasia, and totipotent cell theories (1-3).The most widely accepted theory, misplacement, suggests that pancreatic tissue fragments are deposited separately from the main gland during foregut rotation in the developing gastrointestinal system (1,2).Alternatively, the metaplasia theory

Source: Radiographics

DOI: 10.1148/rg.230167

Authors: Maria L. Brun-Vergara, Pegah Khoshpouri, John Karp, Anne Sailer, Perry J. Pickhardt

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Washington, Ottawa Hospital, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4389750044

FWCI: 0.805

Cites: 6

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10