Accessory pancreas

Definition

Accessory pancreas is an asymptomatic embryopathy characterised 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.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of pancreas

• LB21.0Annular pancreas
• LB21.1Pancreas divisum
• LB21.3Agenesis-aplasia of pancreas
• LB21.4Partial agenesis of pancreas
• LB21.5Hypoplasia of pancreas
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified