Jemds.com Case Report A Rare Annular Pancreatic Anomaly 1 2 Shanubhoganahalli Puttamallappa Vinutha , Mathada Vamadevaiah Ravishankar 1Department of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India. 2Department of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India. PRESENTATION OF CASE During routine abdominal dissection of an adult male cadaver aged about 60 years, Corresponding Author: an anatomical variation was found in the pancreaticoduodenal area. The dissection Dr. Vinutha S P. Assistant Professor, was performed in the Department of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, Mysuru. It was Department of Anatomy, observed that the pancreatic tissue completely encircled second part of duodenum. JSS Medical College, It consisted of a 360-degree pancreatic ring, it measured around 2 cm in width on its JSS Academy of Higher Education lateral aspect and 5 cm width on its posterior aspect. It measured 4 cm width on its and Research, anterior aspect. The part of the duodenum, which lies proximal and distal to the Mysuru – 570015, Karnataka, India. annular pancreas was found distended. A piece of annular pancreas was collected, E-mail:
[email protected] later was subjected to the histopathological examination under H & E stain. The DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/624 microscopic structure showed the normal architecture of the pancreatic tissue. Understanding the pancreas development is essential to understand its How to Cite This Article: congenital defects. It develops from ventral and dorsal pancreatic buds; it lies near Vinutha SP, Ravishankar MV. A rare the developing primitive duodenum. Due to the axial rotation of the second part of annular pancreatic anomaly.