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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2014; 20(44): 16779-16781
Published online Nov 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i44.16779
Published online Nov 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i44.16779
Heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the gastric cardia: A case report and literature review
Rafał Filip, Department of Clinical Endoscopy, Institute of Rural Health, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
Ewa Walczak, Department of Internal Medicine and Arterial Hypertension, Institute of Rural Health, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
Jacek Huk, Department of Gastroenterology, 2nd Provincial Hospital in Rzeszów, 35-301 Rzeszów, Poland
Radosław P Radzki, Marek Bieńko, Department of Animal Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
Author contributions: Filip R, Walczak E and Huk J designed the report and collected the patient’s clinical data; Radzki RP and Bienko M analyzed the data and assisted in writing the paper.
Correspondence to: Rafal Filip, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Endoscopy, Institute of Rural Health, Jaczewskiego 2, 20-090 Lublin, Poland. r.s.filip@wp.pl
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Received: March 17, 2014
Revised: July 10, 2014
Accepted: August 13, 2014
Published online: November 28, 2014
Revised: July 10, 2014
Accepted: August 13, 2014
Published online: November 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: The heterotopic pancreas, which is usually described as an untypical presence of pancreatic tissue without any anatomic or vascular continuity with the pancreas, is relatively rare. As an intra- or submucosal lesion, is usually found incidentally, most often in the gastric antrum. However, it may also be found anywhere in the digestive tract. We report an ectopic pancreatic lesion atypically located in the gastric cardia in a 73-year-old woman with chronic epigastric pain accompanied by heartburn.