Pancreatic Heterotopia of the Gallbladder: A Rare Phenomenon That Might Be on the Rise

A young patient presenting with recurrent biliary colic had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The routine histology on the gallbladder revealed a section of pancreatic tissue in the neck of the gallbladder. Pancreatic tissue separate from the pancreas is known as pancreatic heterotopia and is particularly rare. However, there has been a recent increase in the publications of cases. In this report we present the case history of our patient and discuss it with relevance to the wider literature.