Ectopic pancreas surgery

Ectopic pancreas is also called vagus pancreas. Scattered pancreatic tissue that grows outside the body of the pancreas and is not connected to the normal pancreas is called an ectopic pancreas. Ectopic pancreas is a congenital anatomic variation that begins at the embryonic stage. Ectopic pancreas is most distributed in the duodenum, accounting for 27.7%, followed by the stomach, which accounts for 25.5%, the jejunum, which accounts for 15.0%, and the ileum, which accounts for only 2.8%. , Bile duct, liver, transverse colon, appendix, and mediastinal teratomas, occasionally can be found.