Heterotopic Pancreatic Tissue in the Gallbladder: a Report of a Very Rare Case

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, 00128, Rome, Italy. s.lauricella@unicampus.it.
² Department of General Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, 00128, Rome, Italy.
³ Unit of Pathology, Medico University of Rome, Campus Bio, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Digestive Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, Rome, Italy.

Case Reports

Lauricella S et al. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;52(3):1175-1179.

doi: 10.1007/s12029-021-00663-5. Epub 2021 Jul 15.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, 00128, Rome, Italy. s.lauricella@unicampus.it.
² Department of General Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, 00128, Rome, Italy.
³ Unit of Pathology, Medico University of Rome, Campus Bio, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Digestive Surgery, Medico of Rome University, Campus Bio, Rome, Italy.

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