An unusual cause of cholecystitis: Heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-315

  Elpek, Gülsüm Özlem ^a   Bozova, Sevgi ^a   Küpesiz, Gökben Yildirim ^a   Öǧüş, Mehmet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Heterotopic tissues; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33846916509     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i2.313     Document Type: Article

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