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VERNE C. HUNT, M.D.; H. T. S. BONESTEEL, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1934;28(3):425-439.

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The condition of aberrant or accessory pancreas was first described by Klob in 1859. In 1860 Montgomery cited a case which was recorded by Bristowe in his book of necropsies in 1851, in which a pancreatic nodule in. (1.9 cm.) in diameter and in. (0.83 cm.) thick was found in the wall of the ileum. The nodule was in the middle of the ileum and was lobulated in appearance. As early as 1727 Jean Schultz reported a case which, although it is not authentic, as there is no proof that the nodule found was pancreatic, is interesting from a historical standpoint. He wrote that he found at autopsy in a new-born child "a wart similar to a gland" in the apex of a cone-shaped diverticulum of the ileum. The diverticulum was 4 cm. long and was situated 10 cm. from the ileocecal valve.

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