Ultrasonic Features of Uncommon Congenital Heterotopic Colon and Pancreas in the Neck: An Extremely Rare Case Report

Yingli Wei; Zhihao Pan; Xiaoling Kang; Cuiqing Huang; Dan Chen

doi:10.3389/fped.2021.655142

Frontiers in Pediatrics (May 2021)

Ultrasonic Features of Uncommon Congenital Heterotopic Colon and Pancreas in the Neck: An Extremely Rare Case Report

Yingli Wei,
Zhihao Pan,
Xiaoling Kang,
Cuiqing Huang,
Dan Chen

Affiliations

Yingli Wei: Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Zhihao Pan: Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Xiaoling Kang: Department of Pathology, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Cuiqing Huang: Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Dan Chen: Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.655142
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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Congenital heterotopic colon and pancreas localized to the neck has not been reported. Herein, we describe an extremely uncommon case of congenital heterotopic colon and pancreas aberrantly presented within a cyst on the neck, and the thickened wall of the cyst on ultrasound may represent an important ultrasonic feature.

Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2296-2360 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/pediatrics

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