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Carcinoma arising from ectopic pancreas in the stomach: Endosonographic detection of malignant change

✍ Scribed by Ura, Hideki; Denno, Ryuichi; Hirata, Koichi; Saeki, Akiko; Hirata, Kenichiro; Natori, Hiroshi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 350 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199806)26:5<265::aid-jcu7>3.0.co;2-a

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✦ Synopsis

We present a case of a submucosal tumor in the stomach that was suspicious for malignancy on preoperative endosonography. The resected tumor was histologically diagnosed as a ductal adenocarcinoma that originated in ectopic pancreatic tissue in the gastric wall. Although malignant transformation in ectopic pancreas is extremely rare, it remains an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of gastric submucosal masses.