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- Title
Pancreatic Heterotopia Found in the Gastric Antrum Mistaken for Malignancy.
- Authors
Berry, Rani; Rahal, Harman K.; Ho, Wendy
- Abstract
Pancreatic heterotopia is a rare and often incidental finding in clinical practice. The term refers to pancreatic tissue distinct from the normal pancreas andwith its own ductal and vascular supply. Usually asymptomatic, ectopic tissue is still prone to infection and may cause clinical complications when mistaken for malignancy or abscess. We describe a 32-year-old woman who presented with epigastric discomfort, initially thought to be a gastric outlet mass concerning for gastric malignancy vs an intraabdominal infection. She was eventually found to have an umbilicated submucosal lesion in the gastric antrum consistent with pancreatic heterotopia. Given the young age and sex of the patient, the differential diagnosis remained broad, underscoring the high risk of mismanagement of pancreatic heterotopia secondary to infrequency of this condition as a presenting diagnosis.
- Subjects
DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; GASTRIC mucosa; PANCREAS; PYLORUS; ECTOPIC tissue
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000000232