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ArticleCase reports in surgery2017

The Role of Laparoscopy in the Management of a Diagnostic Dilemma: Jejunal Ectopic Pancreas Developing into Jejunojejunal Intussusception.

Alessio Giordano, Giovanni Alemanno, Carlo Bergamini, Paolo Prosperi, Alessandro Bruscino, Andrea Valeri

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ectopic pancreas: A rare cause of occult gastrointestinal bleeding.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020
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  5. Laparoscopy in small bowel obstruction - current status - review.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessio GiordanoGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9505-791X
Giovanni AlemannoGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Carlo BergaminiGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Paolo ProsperiGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Alessandro BruscinoGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Andrea ValeriGeneral, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic pancreas (EP) is a rare congenital anomaly defined as the presence of pancreatic tissue in topographic anomaly. It is usually silent but it may become clinically evident when complicated by acute conditions. The development of laparoscopic surgery has changed the way to manage such conditions, especially in the setting of emergency surgery, thanks to its diagnostic and therapeutic role with excellent results. We decided to perform an emergency diagnostic exploratory laparoscopy in a 29-year-old man with an acute abdomen and nonspecific radiological images for intestinal occlusion. A jejunojejunal intussusception was found, caused by a mass. We decided to carry out minilaparotomy to perform a resection of the affected jejunum. Histological examination confirmed the presence of a jejunal ectopic pancreas. Adult intussusception caused by EP represents 5% of all cases of intussusception. As CT scan, especially when performed in emergency setting for small bowel obstruction diagnosis, can usually demonstrate nondiagnostic findings suggestive of intussusception of unknown origin, laparoscopic exploration could help surgeons in order to perform a resolute diagnosis and treat the pathology.

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