Ectopic Pancreas Causing Partial Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]
Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2018 Ectopic pancreas is a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction, perhaps rarer still among Africans. Although the entity is known, the diagnostic challenges are enormous, especially in the poor-resource environment.
Abdurrahaman Abba Sheshe, Ibrahim Yusuf
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Diffuse Peritonitis due to Perforated Gastric Ectopic Pancreas
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012 Ectopic pancreas is frequently found in the gastrointestinal tract. Lesions comprise well-developed and normally organized pancreatic tissue outside the pancreas, without anatomic or vascular connections with the true pancreas. Most patients with ectopic
Nobutada Fukino +6 more
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A case of ectopic pancreas in the ileum presenting as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and abdominal pain [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2019 Background Ectopic pancreas is an infrequent submucosal tumor in the gastrointestinal tract defined as a pancreatic tissue lacking vascular or anatomic continuity with the main body of the pancreas.
Rugile Mickuniene +4 more
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Ectopic pancreas in a giant mediastinal cyst [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2014 AbstractEctopic pancreas located in the mediastium is an extremely rare anomaly. We present a case of an ectopic pancreas located in a giant mediastinal cyst in an 18‐year‐old man. He presented with symptoms of dyspnea due to external compression of the cyst on the left main bronchus. Complete surgical resection was performed through median sternotomy,
Li, W.W.L. +5 more
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Gastric duplication cyst with ectopic pancreas in a teenager successfully resected by endoscopic submucosal dissection [PDF]
BMC Surgery, 2022 Background Gastric duplication cyst associated with ectopic pancreas is rare and we aimed to alert clinician to this congenital anomaly. Case presentation A 15-year-old girl presented with intermittent vomiting. Gastroscopy showed a submucosal tumor with
Xiaodan Ye +4 more
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Ectopic Pancreas in Duodenal Wall Putatively Causal for Gastrointestinal Bleeding [PDF]
Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии, 2020 Aim: Clinical description of an ectopic pancreas (EP) in the duodenal wall.Key points: Aberrant or ectopic pancreas is a congenital abnormality of pancreatic heterotopy into unrelated organs with no connection to the true pancreas.
O. V. Khlynova +2 more
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Expression and clinicopathological characteristics of PDX1, PTF1A, and SALL4 in large and small ducts of ectopic pancreas located in gastro-duodenum and jejunum [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 An ectopic pancreas is defined as pancreatic tissue outside its normal location, anatomically separated from the pancreas.The transcription factor pancreas/duodenum homeobox protein 1 (PDX1) is involved in maintaining the pancreas and functions in early ...
Mengxi Chen +6 more
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Analysis of CT imaging features and causes of miss diagnosis of ectopic pancreas based on endoscopy [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuangObjective To explore the imaging manifestations of ectopic pancreas based on endoscopic findings in order to find out the causes of miss diagnosis and to improve the diagnostic accuracy.
WANG Yuqi, LUO Dinghao, CHAI Xiaoyuan, SUN Peng, MA Xiaoxuan
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Arising from an Ectopic Pancreas in the Gastric Wall: A Long-Term Survival Case [PDF]
Case Reports in Oncology, 2012 A case of invasive ductal carcinoma of an ectopic pancreas in the stomach in a 74-year-old woman is presented. A 4.0 cm gastric submucosal tumor (SMT) was resected surgically.
Hirotaka Okamoto +3 more
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Ectopic Pancreas at the Ampulla Diagnosed With Endoscopic Snare Papillectomy: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case ReportsEctopic pancreas, also known as heterotopic pancreas, is a rare condition in which the pancreatic tissue is found outside its usual location in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Lefika Bathobakae MD, MPH +7 more
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