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A Case of Ectopic Pancreas with Malrotation
Il Song Kang, Kil Soo Chung, Jae Kook Cha, Kon Hee Lee, Kwan Seop Lee, Byung Chun Kim, Eun Sook Nam
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(10):1438-1441.   Published online October 15, 1998
Ectopic pancreas is defined as pancreatic tissue lacking anatomical and vascular continuity with the main body of the pancreas. Common symptoms are epigastric pain, hemorrhage, chest pain, weight loss, nausea and vomiting. A 2-month-old male patient was hospitalized because of continuous bile stained vomiting for 2 days. Abdominal ultrasonography and colon study showed malrotation of the intestine. Surgical exploration revealed...