Abstract

Background: Annular pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the presence of ectopic pancreatic tissue surrounding the duodenum. It is equally seen in the pediatric patient population and adults usually symptomatic in the first weeks of life with duodenal obstruction in children. Mostly asymptomatic in adults, but can manifest as pancreatitis, duodenal stenosis, or duodenal or gastric ulceration. A case of 11 years old patient is presented with epigastric pain and vomiting of year’s duration, in which radiological investigations showed an annular pancreas. At operation, a complete obstruction of the duodenum between its first and second parts was found caused by an annular pancreas.  A gastroenterostomy was performed and the patient improved.

Material and Methods: A case report documents that radiologic examination with barium meal, abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan disclosed annular pancreas with duodenal stenosis which was confirmed surgically.

Results: A properly performed CT examination revealed the ring of pancreatic tissue which encircled the duodenum supplementing suggestive imaging findings seen on ultrasound of the abdomen and barium meal study. The diagnosis is confirmed and the problem is corrected surgically.

Keywords: Annular Pancreas; Ethiopia

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Citation

Citation: Zerubabel Tegegne Desita and Andinet Dessalegn Beza. “Annular Pancreas in an Eleven-year-old Male Ethiopian Child at the University of Gondar Hospital; A Case Report”. Acta Scientific Paediatrics 4.2 (2021): 25-28.

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Copyright: © 2021 Zerubabel Tegegne Desita and Andinet Dessalegn Beza. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.