title: Ectopic pancreatic tissue presenting as submucosal gastric mass.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ectopic pancreas is pancreatic tissue found outside its usual anatomic location without connection to the normal pancreas. We describe the presentation and minimally invasive management of four patients with ectopic pancreatic tissue in the stomach.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from a retrospective chart review of four patients undergoing laparoscopic resection of gastric pancreatic rests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients underwent laparoscopic resection of gastric pancreatic tissue. All patients were discharged on postoperative day 3. No complications developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic gastric wedge resection is a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic pancreatic rests located in the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203, USA.
authors.forename: Kristi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Harold
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sturdevant
authors.forename: Brent D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: B Todd
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Heniford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*