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Case Report

Volume 9, Number 5, May 2018, pages 154-156


A Rare Case of Pancreatitis From Pancreatic Herniation

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a) A vertically orientated pancreas is observed with no torsion or malrotation evident. The tail of pancreas, the distal pancreatic body and the majority of stomach is above diaphragm. The head of pancreas and uncinate process is seen below the diaphragm. (b) The stomach and pancreas are seen in the thoracic cavity in this axial image. (c) The stomach and tail of the pancreas are seen in this coronal image.

Table

Table 1. Cases of Acute Pancreatitis From Trans-Diaphragmatic Hernia of Pancreas
 
CaseAuthorYearAge/genderPart of pancreas herniatedSurgery pursued?
M: male; F: female; N/A: not applicable.
1Cuschieri et al [11]198119/MTail onlyYes
2Oliver et al [10]19905/MTail onlyYes
3Kafka et al [12]1994N/AN/AYes
4Chevallier et al [7]200170/MBody and tailYes
5Rozas et al [14]201078/FN/ANo
6Kumar et al [13]201389/MBody onlyNo
7Boyce et al [15]201461/FNeck and bodyYes
8Lu et al [8]201488/MBody and tailNo
9Patel et al [3]201665/MBody and tailNo
10Wang et al [9]2017102/FBody and tailNo