Gastric duplication communicating with a pancreatic duct. Report of a case.
A case of gastric duplication communicating with the pancreatic duct system is reported. The clinical presentation consisted of abdominal pain with recurrent acute pancreatitis. The histopathological examination showed that the duplication was lined with normal pyloric mucosa. In the tubular structure, connecting the duplication to the pancreatic ducts, an increase in the number of serotonin-positive cells was found. The pancreas showed dilatation of the duct system and chronic pancreatitis.
Bearzi
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I
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Ricerca Chirurgica I.N.R.C.A., Ancona, Italy.
Ranaldi
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R
Brancorsini
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D
Feliciotti
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F
Guerrieri
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M
D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology