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Case report of retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma
Zhaochen Sun1, Tao Chen2, Xuefeng Zhu3
1Graduate School, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
Background:
Ectopic pancreas is a congenital anomaly in which pancreatic tissue is anatomically separated from the main gland and without vascular or ductal continuity. A case of retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma has never yet been reported.
Case Presentation:
A 54-year-old man presented three masses in the left retroperitoneum, and two of them were resected. The pathologic findings were a retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma.
Conclusion:
We report an extremely rare case of a retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas and its characterization with dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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