[Gastric intramural pseudocyst in a heterotopic pancreas causing gastric outlet obstruction. Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2018 Aug;146(8):933-937. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872018000800933.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Heterotopic pancreas is a silent gastrointestinal malformation that may become clinically evident when complicated by inflammation and pseudocyst formation. We report a 26 year-old male presenting with vomiting, pain and abdominal distention. An abdominal CT scan showed an important gastric distention secondary to a 4-cm cystic lesion located in the antrum wall. An endosonography showed that the lesion obstructed the gastric outlet and was compatible with a pseudocyst. A cysto-gastrostomy was performed draining the cyst. Its high lipase and amylase content confirmed that it was a pancreatic pseudocyst. Six months later, the lesion appeared again and a subtotal gastrectomy was performed Histopathology confirmed ectopic pancreatic tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endosonography
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / etiology
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / pathology
  • Gastrostomy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed