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    Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Oct;15(5):364-8.

    Annular pancreas in two consecutive siblings: an extremely rare case.

    Lainakis N, Antypas S, Panagidis A, Alexandrou I, Kambouri K, Kyriazis C, Dolatzas T.

    1st Pediatric Surgery Department, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.

    Annular pancreas is the rare congenital anomaly where the pancreas forms a full or incomplete ring around the second segment of the duodenum, causing various degrees of stenosis or atresia. It is estimated that it appears in 1 out of 12 000-15 000 births of living neonates and until now, in the literature, only 6 cases have been reported among individuals of the same family. We present the case of two siblings, a boy and a girl, with annular pancreas from consecutive pregnancies of the same couple. Both neonates had a prenatal diagnosis of duodenal obstruction and they underwent duodenoduodenal, proximal transverse to distal longitudinal anastomosis. Furthermore, the girl had a mobile ascending colon. Their postoperative condition was perfect. The case we are reporting is an addition to the other 6 cases of familial presentation of annular pancreas and is similar to one of them. In these families, a total of 16 persons present this congenital anomaly while 14 are seemingly healthy. Twelve of the affected persons are female and 4 male. In conclusion, it can be stated that female individuals seem to have a greater propensity to transmit the disease to their descendants, compared to males, suggesting the possible action of an autosomal recessive sex-influenced gene. The recording of such rare family cases should be encouraged, in order to fully recognize a possible type of inherited transmission.

    PMID: 16254852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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