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 Case Report
												Heterotopic Pancreatic Tissue in Gall Bladder: A Rare Entity 						
Author(s): Parul  Gupta, Neema  Tiwari, Nirupama  Lal and Srivastava  ANParul  Gupta, Neema  Tiwari, Nirupama  Lal and Srivastava  AN             
						
												
				 Introduction: Pancreatic heterotopia is a rare pathological entity and its localization in gall bladder is extremely rare. It is mostly asymptomatic incidental finding and rarely gives rise to complications. It can be associated with incidental finding or can be symptomatic or may cause complication. Heterotopic pancreas (HP) also referred to as ectopic pancreas, pancreatic choristoma, or pancreatic rest, is defined as the aberrantly located pancreatic tissue in an anomalous location without any anatomic, vascular, or neural continuity with the main body of the normal pancreas. The most common location for HP is the duodenum, upper jejunum and stomach.
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												DOI:
												 10.4172/2165-7920.1000922 
																	  
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