Heterotopic pancreas at a site of colon stricture and ulceration in a guineapig.

A one-month-old female Dunkin Hartley guineapig presented with a thin hair coat and distended abdomen. Post-mortem findings after euthanasia were a protein-rich modified peritoneal transudate and heterotopic pancreas at a site of colon stricture and ulceration. Complications of pancreatic heterotopia are well recognized in man but not in animals. The finding in this individual is probably unrelated to sudden deaths in other animals in the group.