Abstract:Anomalies and variants of development of the pancreas are relatively frequent. Bifid pancreatic tail is a rare anatomic variation with only a few cases reported in the literature. The present case series were encountered during dissection of 50 anatomical specimens of the pancreas, spleen, and duodenum. We observed four unusual cases (8%) of bifid pancreatic tail. One case was of a vertically oriented bifid pancreas tail (2%), in another case, the tails here horizontally oriented (2%) and in two cases the bifi… Show more
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