[Ectopic pancreas mimicking advanced gastric malignancy--case report].
Ectopic pancreas is the most common type of ectopic tissue in gastrointestinal tract. It is typically asymptomatic, presenting as a small submucosal lesion in prepyloric region of stomach. The diagnosis is usually incidental, during gastroscopy. The patient with symptomatic heterotropic pancreas, mimicking gastric malignancy was described.
Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie, Klinika Gastroenterologii. iwonazaw@wp.pl
Iwona
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Zawada
Agnieszka
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Lewosiuk
Krzysztof
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Hnatyszyn
Michał
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Patalan
Stanisław
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Woyke
Roman
R
Kostyrka
Krzysztof
K
Marlicz
Teresa
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Starzyńska
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult