Accessory pancreas

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.

Disease data

Classification

Morphological anomaly

ORPHA code

674

OMIM code

ICD10 code

Q45.3

ICD11 code

LB21.2

*Soruce