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. 2005 Jan;87(1):W13–W15. doi: 10.1308/147870804902

Annular pancreas - a rare cause of gastric obstruction in an 82-year-old patient.

P M Whittingham-Jones 1, A A Riaz 1, G Clayton 1, H H Thompson 1
PMCID: PMC1963855  PMID: 16790121

Abstract

Annular pancreas is an uncommon and rarely reported congenital anomaly and thus is rarely suspected. A case is reported of an 82-year-old patient who presented with a 3-month history of nausea and vomiting associated with weight loss who at laparotomy was found to have an annular pancreas.

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