Published online Nov 26, 2018. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i14.847
Peer-review started: May 29, 2018
First decision: July 8, 2018
Revised: July 20, 2018
Accepted: October 22, 2018
Article in press: October 22, 2018
Published online: November 26, 2018
A 12-year-old girl with intermittent vomiting and abdominal pain for 3 d.
Mesenteric mass.
Intestinal duplication cyst, inflammated Meckel’s diverticulum, and mesenteric lymphangioma were considered.
The laboratory results were unremarkable.
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of the abdomen showed an enhanced oval, soft-tissue mass (42 mm × 25 mm) in the mesentery at the level of the umbilicus.
Mesenteric heterotopic pancreas (MHP).
Resection of the mass and adjacent small bowel.
Two cases of pediatric MHP have been reported in the medical literature from the University of Chicago Medical Center and Boston City Hospital.
Heterotopic pancreas of the mesentery.
This case will contribute to increasing clinicians’ awareness and understanding of the imaging features of MHP in order to help in making correct preoperative diagnosis and giving appropriate treatment.