[Digestive hemorrhage associated with ectopic pancreas]

Pancreatic heterotopia is pancreatic tissue with no direct or vascular connection to the pancreas that results form a ontogenic anomaly. It is usually an incidental findings, although it has been sometimes associated to nonspecific symptoms or symptoms due to its location. Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to pancreatic ectopia has been described occasionally and is considered an infrequent form of presentation. Two cases are presented of massive digestive hemorrhage associated with pancreatic duodenal ectopia that were treated surgically by excision of the ectopic tissue. The patients remain asymptomatic after surgery. A review is made of the literature on this topic.