Ectopic gastric pancreatitis: unusual cause of epigastric pain

Authors

  • T De Beule
  • L Ardies
  • L Van Hoe
  • P D’Haenens
  • P Vanhoenacker Department of Radiology and Imaging, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.671

Keywords:

Pancreas, abnormalities

Abstract

Ectopic pancreatic tissue has the same characteristics than normal pancreatic tissue. Therefore it may be affected by the same diseases. We report a rare cause of epigastric pain due to gastric heterotopic pancreatitis. The rare diagnosis was suspected by ultrasound and CT and definitively confirmed by echo-endoscopic guided biopsies.

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2011-05-11

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