Annular Pancreas (AP) is a rare congenital developmental anomaly which results from failure of the ventral bud to rotate fuse with dorsal bud, resulting in ring pancreatic parenchyma that surrounds second portion duodenum. This entity can be partial or complete and even rarer. Most cases manifest infancy but may remain asymptomatic various nonspecific clinical manifestations are seen adults. We...

Annular pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly, which consists of a ring of pancreatic tissue partially or completely encircling the descending portion of the duodenum. We reported a case of symptomatic annular pancreas in a 40 year old man admitted to our hospital complaining of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting without body weight loss in January 2000. The patient underwent laparoscopic chol...

Annular pancreas, the second most common anomaly of the pancreas, is the development of a ring of pancreatic tissue that surrounds and often embraces the duodenum. It was first described by Tiedelmann in 1818 and named “annular pancreas” by Ecker in 1862 [1]. It is usually present in childhood, with symptoms due to duodenal obstruction. In 50% of cases, clinical manifestations become visible af...

CONTEXT The pancreas is a soft lobulated gland situated transversely across the upper part of the posterior abdominal wall. Its parts include the head, neck, body and tail. Annular pancreas is a rare condition where the head of the pancreas surrounds the second part of the duodenum like a ring. CASE REPORT We observed a rare type of double annular pancreas where the uncinate process encircled...

BACKGROUND Duodenal atresia is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates. It is associated with other congenital anomalies like Down's syndrome, annular pancreas etc. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a two days old male baby presented to us with bilious vomiting since birth. It was associated with Down's syndrome, Annular pancreas and Malrotation. CONCLUSION Duodenal atresi...

Annular pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the presence of ectopic pancreatic tissue surrounding the descending part of the duodenum. It is one of the few congenital anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract which can produce symptoms late in life. In adults, the factors initiating symptoms are recurrent pancreatitis, duodenal stenosis at the site of the annulus, or duodenal o...

Annular pancreas is a rare embryonal abnormality. Its manifestation in adulthood is often pinpointed with a substantial delay, which is most often attributed to pancreatitis, biliary pathology or dyspepsia. We present a case of a 28-year-old woman who had exacerbating symptoms of high bowel obstruction from 20th week of pregnancy, progressing after premature delivery. Diagnostic work-up reveale...

BACKGROUND Portal annular pancreas is a rare pancreatic developmental anomaly which is often overlooked at imaging, and often diagnosed retrospectively when it is detected incidentally at the time of surgery. Although the anomaly itself is asymptomatic, it becomes important in cases where pancreatic resection/anastomosis is planned, because of varying ductal anatomy, risk of ductal injury and i...

In annular pancreas a collar or ring of tissue surrounds the second part of the duodenum. It is a rare malformation. Vidal published the first case in 1905; his patient was a newborn baby. In a recent publication, Swynnerton and Tanner (1953) collected 76 cases and we have found one more in the literature (MacPhee, 1953). In 1933 McNaught could only find 40 instances of this condition in the li...