Complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein--surgical implications of an extremely rare anomaly.

Langenbecks Arch Surg

Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.

Published: July 2007

Background: Due to the complex embryologic development, pancreatic anatomy can be very variable.

Discussion: The authors present the second ever reported case in the literature of a complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein which forced us to alter the standard operative procedure of pancreatic head resection, thus enabling possible dangerous complications.

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