accessory pancreas
MONDO:0019034Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names accessory pancreas yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Accessory pancreas is an asymptomatic embryopathy characterized by the presence of pancreatic tissue in other sites of the body such as the splenic pedicle, gonadic pedicles, intestinal mesentery, duodenum wall, upper jejunum, or, more rarely, the gastric wall, ileum, gallbladder or spleen.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019034), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of