Watanabe K, Irisawa A, Hikichi T, Takagi T, Shibukawa G, Sato M, Obara K, Ohira H. Acute inflammation occurring in gastric aberrant pancreas followed up by endoscopic ultrasonography. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2012; 4(7): 331-334 [PMID: 22816015 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i7.331]
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Atsushi Irisawa, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Aizu Medical Center, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8555, Japan. irisawa@fmu.ac.jp
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Ko Watanabe, Tadayuki Takagi, Masaki Sato, Hiromasa Ohira, Division of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Atsushi Irisawa, Goro Shibukawa, Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8555, Japan
Takuto Hikichi, Katsutoshi Obara, Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Author contributions: Watanabe K and Irisawa A contributed equally to this work and wrote the manuscript; Hikichi T, Takagi T, Shibukawa G, and Sato M did the patient care and follow-up; Obara K and Ohira H wrote and revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Atsushi Irisawa, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Aizu Medical Center, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8555, Japan. irisawa@fmu.ac.jp
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Received: April 12, 2011 Revised: October 25, 2011 Accepted: July 1, 2012 Published online: July 16, 2012
Abstract
We describe a case of gastric aberrant pancreas with acute pancreatitis followed up with subsequent endoscopic ultrasound. A 20-year-old woman known to have aberrant pancreas in the stomach was admitted to our hospital because of severe epigastralgia. Laboratory tests showed slight C reactive protein elevation without hyperamylasemia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a swollen submucosal lesion (SML) to a greater degree compared with the previous findings. Subsequent endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) revealed a swollen lesion of 35 mm in diameter. The internal echo-pattern was more hypoechoic than in the previous EUS. The border between the fourth layer (muscularis propria) and the SML was unclear. The anechoic lumen in the mass, considered as the ductal lumen, was dilated. Based on these results, we diagnosed the patient as having acute inflammation, resembling pancreatitis, in the aberrant pancreas.
