A 19-year-old 4-week postpartum woman came with acute onset pain in the abdomen for 2 days. She had similar complaint in her 7 th antepartum month for which she had undergone an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination elsewhere which was reported as pancreatic pseudocyst. Ultrasonogram of epigastric region revealed a cystic lesion with echogenic content and wall showing gut signature. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan confirmed the cystic lesion and additionally showed an accessory pancreatic lobe. MRI demonstrated the aberrant duct within accessory pancreatic lobe and its communication with main pancreatic duct.
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