HomeArchiveVolume 1Volume 1, issue 2Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding
Silviu Stoian1, Florinel Pop1,2, Victor D. Strîmbu1,2
1Carol Davila Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Bucharest, Romania
2Carol Davila University, Faculty of General Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract

Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach is a rare condition. Gastric diverticulum is also a rare condition, mostly located at the fornix. Therefore, the existence of a pyloric gastric diverticulum containing a submucosal tumor proved to be heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach is an extremely rare condition. The patient was a young thin male with epigastralgia chronically treated for gastritis/ulcer.

Following an episode of melena, he underwent gastroscopy that diagnosed antral gastric diverticulum containing a polyp. The lesion was surgically removed. The pathology report stated: heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach with secondary development of a traction diverticulum.

Heterotopic pancreas tissue of the stomach is a rare condition but the association with gastric diverticulum is completely unusual. The possibility of the ectopic tissue leading to secondary diverticulum development should be considered.

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Stoian S, Pop F, Strîmbu VD. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. J Clin Investig Surg. 2016 Nov 25;1(2):79-83. Available from: https://www.proscholar.org/jcis/archive/vol.1/iss.2/7/ doi: 10.25083/2559.5555.12.7983
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Stoian S, Pop F, Strîmbu VD. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. J Clin Investig Surg. 2016 Nov;1(2):79-83. doi: 10.25083/2559.5555.12.7983.
AMA
Stoian S, Pop F, Strîmbu VD. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. J Clin Investig Surg. 2016;1(2):79-83.
MLA
Stoian, Silviu, et al. “Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding.” Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery 1.2 (2016): 79-83. doi:10.25083/2559.5555.12.7983.
APA
Stoian, S., Pop, F., & Strîmbu, V. D. (2016). Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 1(2), 79-83.
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Stoian
, Silviu, et al. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue of the stomach leading to gastric diverticulum and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2016, 1.2: 79-83.