Adenocarcinoma arising in association with gastric heterotopic pancreas: A case report and review of the literature
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Adenocarcinoma arising in association with gastric heterotopic pancreas: A case report and review of the literature
Abstract
We report a case of adenocarcinoma arising in a focus of heterotopic pancreas, occurring in the stomach of a 52-year-old man. The patient presented with gastric outlet obstruction. Radiographic studies revealed thickening of the gastric wall, but endoscopy failed to reveal a mucosal abnormality. A 50% distal gastrectomy was performed, along with vagotomy. Microscopic examination revealed extensive involvement of the muscularis propria of the distal stomach by heterotopic pancreas. The ectopic pancreas had a microscopic appearance consistent with Heinrich's class III, in which the majority of the heterotopic pancreas was characterized by cystically dilated duct structures. Occasional islets were present. Intimately associated with the cystically dilated ducts was a prominent number of small infiltrating ducts lined by columnar or cuboidal cells with enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei containing prominent nucleoli. These were consistent with a well-differentiated invasive adenocarcinoma. Despite multiple sectioning, no connection between the adenocarcinoma and the overlying gastric mucosa was seen. Adenocarcinoma arising within ectopic pancreas is a rare occurrence with fewer than 30 well-documented cases reported in the world literature to our knowledge.
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