[A case of gradually progressive, symptomatic, ectopic gastric pancreas]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2013 Sep;110(9):1619-24.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 27-year-old man was admitted to a hospital with a complaint of epigastric discomfort. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography revealed an elevated lesion on the posterior wall of the upper gastric body, and a diagnosis of ectopic gastric pancreas was made. Follow-up endoscopy performed 5 years later revealed an increase in the size of the mass to approximately 5cm in diameter. The location, shape, and clinical course of the mass aroused a suspicion of malignancy; therefore, partial gastrectomy was performed. Histopathologically, the resected mass was diagnosed as ectopic gastric pancreas with chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and bleeding around the acinar cells.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choristoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreas*
  • Stomach Diseases / pathology*