Intussusception and Jejunal Atresia Caused by an Ectopic Pancreas in a Newborn

Ectopic pancreas is defined as an abnormally located pancreatic tissue not sufficiently connected with the normal pancreas, which rarely occurs in neonates. To our knowledge, only a few cases of ectopic pancreas have been reported in newborns in South Korea. We report a case of ectopic pancreas as t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neonatal medicine (Seoul, Korea) 2021, 28(2), , pp.72-76
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Han-Sol, Lee, Sun-Young, Han, Song-Hee, Nam, So-Hyun, Jo, Chae-Ku, Kim, Myo-Jing
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Zusammenfassung:Ectopic pancreas is defined as an abnormally located pancreatic tissue not sufficiently connected with the normal pancreas, which rarely occurs in neonates. To our knowledge, only a few cases of ectopic pancreas have been reported in newborns in South Korea. We report a case of ectopic pancreas as the cause of intussusception and jejunal atresia in a newborn. This clinical association is extremely rare, and this is the first report in South Korea.
ISSN:2287-9412
2287-9803
DOI:10.5385/nm.2021.28.2.72