Abstract
Ectopic pancreatic tissue has the same characteristics than normal pancreatic tissue.Therefore it may be affected by the same diseases. We report a rare cause of epigastric pain due to gastric heterotopic pancreatitis.The rare diagnosis was suspected by ultrasound and CT and definitively confirmed by echo-endoscopic guided biopsies.
Highlights
Ectopic pancreatic tissue has the same characteristics than normal pancreatic tissue
The definite pathological diagnosis consisted of gastric ectopic pancreatitis
Ectopic pancreatic tissue has a similar manifestation like other submucosal gastric tumors such as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and leiomyomata
Summary
Abdominal Ultrasound revealed an anterior submucosal antral gastric mass (Fig. 1) which was confirmed by CT (Fig. 2, 3). At this time the differential diagnosis included GIST tumor, lymphoma, lymphangioma and ectopic pancreatic tissue. Ectopic pancreatic tissue has a similar manifestation like other submucosal gastric tumors such as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and leiomyomata. These are the most common gastrointestinal submucosal tumors. The most frequent location of ectopic tissue is along the great curvature of the stomach and in the gastric antrum within 6 cm of the pyloric canal (4). De Beule, MD, Dept of Radiology, Olv Ziekenhuis, which has to be greater than 1,4
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