Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2015)

Heterotopic Pancreas within the Proximal Hepatic Duct, Containing Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm

  • Alistair J. Lawrence,
  • Aducio Thiessen,
  • Amy Morse,
  • A. M. James Shapiro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/816960
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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We report a unique first case of benign heterotopic pancreas arising within the proximal hepatic bile duct, containing a focus of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN). The condition was diagnosed on pathological explant after left hepatic lobectomy with total extrahepatic bile duct excision.