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- Ectopic pancreas is pancreatic tissue found in unusual locations, most commonly the stomach and small intestine, with rare occurrences in the gallbladder.
- Since the first reported case in 1916, around 30 instances have been documented in medical literature.
- A specific case involved a 43-year-old male who underwent surgery for acute cholecystitis, revealing chronic cholecystitis along with the presence of ectopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder wall during pathology analysis.
Article Abstract
Ectopic or heterotopic pancreas is defined as the presence of pancreatic tissue in an anatomical place not related to the pancreas, being it most frequent locations the stomach and small bowel. Its finding in the gallbladder is exceptional. Since the first case was reported by Otschkin in 1916, about 30 cases have been described in literature. We report the case of a 43 years-old male patient who had an urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, which pathological study showed the existence of chronic cholecystitis with heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder wall.
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