Document Type : Case Reports

Authors

1 Associate professor, Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant professor, Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Anatomical and clinical pathology resident, Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5 Internal medicine resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Heterotopic pancreas (HP) is generally asymptomatic and found incidentally. It can act very rarely as a leading point for intussusception. Thus, it should be considered as a differential diagnosis of the mass lesions leading to the intestinal intussusception. Herein, we report an unusual case of HP as a cause of ileocolic intussusception.

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