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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov 21;13(43):5781-2.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i43.5781.

Mucinous cyst exhibiting severe dysplasia in gastric heterotopic pancreas associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Antony Kaufman  1 , David Storey, Cheok Soon Lee, Rajmohan Murali
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Case Reports

Mucinous cyst exhibiting severe dysplasia in gastric heterotopic pancreas associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Antony Kaufman et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Heterotopic pancreatic tissue within the stomach is rare and dysplasia within heterotopic pancreatic tissue is very rare. We present the first report of a patient with concurrent occurrence of heterotopic pancreas in the stomach with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour composed of fascicles of spindle cells. The tumour cells are positive for CD117 (inset).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Severely dysplastic mucinous epithelium lining mucin-filled cyst in heterotopic pancreas. The dysplastic epithelium is positive for CK20 (inset).
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