An unusual cause of acute abdomen: Mesenteric heterotopic pancreatitis causing confusion in clinical diagnosis

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-145

  Canbaz, Hakan ^a,b   Çolak, Tahsin ^a   Düşmez Apa, Duygu ^a   Sezgin, Orhan ^a   Aydin, Süha ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Heterotopic pancreatitis; Mesentery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENTERY; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; AMYLASES; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPASE; MESENTERY; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649355200     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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