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Accessory pancreas
Disease definition
A rare asymptomatic embryopathy characterized by the presence of pancreatic tissue in other sites of the body such as the splenic pedicle, gonadic pedicles, intestinal mesentery, duodenum wall, upper jejunum, or, more rarely, the gastric wall, ileum, gallbladder or spleen.
ORPHA:674
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Not applicable
- Age of onset: Infancy, Neonatal
- ICD-10: Q45.3
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0266268
- MeSH: C536003
- GARD: 454
- MedDRA: -
Summary
Epidemiology
Prevalence is unknown and only a few cases have been reported in the literature so far.
Etiology
The anomaly is caused by migration of pancreatic cells during embryogenesis.
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