Ectopic pancreas

Pancreatic ectopic is also called vagus pancreas. Sporadic pancreatic tissue that grows outside the pancreas itself and is not connected to the normal pancreas is called pancreatic ectopic. It has neither anatomical nor vascular connections with normal pancreatic tissue, and is a congenital disease.

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