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Circumportal pancreas accompanied with pancreas divisum in a deceased donor for islet transplantation

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Circumportal pancreas is a rare and previously not well-recognized anatomical variant. In contrast, pancreas divisum is the most frequent anatomical variant in the pancreas. We report a case in which circumportal pancreas was accompanied with pancreas divisum in a deceased donor for islet transplantation. A unique aspect of our case is that the connecting portion behind the portal vein between the pancreas head and body originated from the ventral pancreas. This is the first case report describing a ventral embryogenic origin of the connecting portion of a circumportal pancreas accompanied with pancreas divisum.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

    Ryekjang Kim

  2. Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

    Braulio A. Marfil-Garza, A. M. James Shapiro & Tatsuya Kin

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RK and BAMG wrote the main body of the manuscript under the supervision of TK. AMJS provided advice on medical aspects and edited the manuscript.

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Kim, R., Marfil-Garza, B.A., Shapiro, A.M.J. et al. Circumportal pancreas accompanied with pancreas divisum in a deceased donor for islet transplantation. Surg Radiol Anat 40, 1323–1325 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2072-7

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