Ectopic Pancreas in the Gastric Antrum Wall Complicated by Ectopic Pancreatitis and Persistent Gastric Abscess. Issue 1 (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alastal, Yaseen; Khalil, Basmah; Singh, Surendra; Almadani, Sameh B.
• Is Part Of: ACG Case Reports Journal. Volume 5:Issue 1(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018
• DOI: 10.14309/crj.2018.34
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2326-3253

Abstract

ABSTRACT : N/A: Ectopic pancreas is an uncommon finding in the stomach. Complications are rare but can lead to significant morbidity and even mortality. We report a 49‐year‐old man who presented with upper abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss and was found to have a gastric wall abscess that developed a few weeks after endoscopic biopsy of a gastric ulcer. After medical treatment failed to resolve his symptoms, he underwent distal gastrectomy with Roux‐en‐Y gastrojejunostomy. Postoperatively, the gastric wall abscess was determined to have derived from a focus of ectopic pancreatic tissue with evidence of ectopic chronic pancreatitis.