Heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the cystic duct: Complicating factor or coexisting pathology

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-473

  Mrak, Karl ^a   Eberl, Thomas ^a   Tschmelitsch, Jörg ^a   Langner, Cord ^b  

^a Hospital St Veit/Glan   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Clinical significance; Differential diagnosis; Gallbladder; Heterotopic pancreatic tissue

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMORBIDITY; CYSTIC DUCT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NAUSEA; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHORISTOMA; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREAS;

EID: 77951869768     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181d839c4     Document Type: Article

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