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Year : 2012 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 1 | Page : 40-42 |
Heterotopic pancreas causing duodenal obstruction in a patient previously treated for choledochal cyst
Vidyanand P Deshpande, BV Raghunath, Yogesh K Sarin, Shalini Sinha
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Vidyanand P Deshpande Department of Paediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi - 110002 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.91088
A 9-year-old boy presented with duodenal pancreatic rest causing obstruction and required surgical intervention. He had been treated at the age of 4 months for a choledochal cyst. Both choledochal cyst and heterotopic pancreas are entities that are commonly encountered in children, but the incidental presence of both the entities in the same child, albeit presenting metachronously, is extremely rare.
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