All issues > Volume 29(10); 1986

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(10):1147-1151. Published online October 31, 1986.

A Case of Annular Pancreas.

Dong Wook Kim¹, Sang Taik Lee¹, Soo Yong Kim¹, Jeong Kwon Lee¹, Young Dae Kwon¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Hospital, Daegu, Korea

Abstract

Annular pancreas is unusual cause of duodenal obstruction in neonatal period in which, pancreatic tissue forms a partial obstruction or complete ring encircling the duodenum. It develops as a result of malrotation or overgrowth of ventral anlage of the embryonic pancreas and frequently associated with other congenital anomalies. Since the first description by Tiedman in 1818 and first sucessful (surgical treatmetn) by Vidal in 1905 about 300 cases have been reported in the literratures. We experianced one case of annular pancreas accompanying duodenal stenosis with complete obstructing symptoms immediatly after birth. We report this case with brief review of literatures.

Keywords :Annular pancreas.