Gastric Endocrine Pancreatic Heterotopia
Autor: | Lauren Hammock, Merce Jorda |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Stomach Diseases Choristoma Pathology and Forensic Medicine Diagnosis Differential Immunoenzyme Techniques Lesion Islets of Langerhans Chromogranins medicine Histologic type Humans Insulin Endocrine system Stomach Ulcer Pancreatic heterotopia business.industry Stomach General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Neuroendocrine Tumors Medical Laboratory Technology medicine.anatomical_structure Heterotopia (medicine) Duodenal Ulcer Immunohistochemistry medicine.symptom Somatostatin Heterotopic pancreas business Biomarkers |
Zdroj: | Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 126:464-467 |
ISSN: | 1543-2165 0003-9985 |
DOI: | 10.5858/2002-126-0464-geph |
Popis: | Heterotopic pancreas is a relatively infrequent lesion most often found in the stomach. Four histologic types are recognized: total, canalicular, exocrine, and endocrine heterotopia. To our knowledge, only 2 cases of purely endocrine heterotopic pancreas have been reported in detail. We describe the case of a patient with gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastric endocrine heterotopia. The lack of mass formation, histomorphology, and immunohistochemical features simulating islets of Langerhans supported the diagnosis. We conclude that purely endocrine heterotopic pancreas is a very rare entity that, when present, can simulate a primary or metastatic neuroendocrine tumor. Adequate sampling of the specimen, histomorphologic pattern, and immunohistochemistry are important for the purpose of distinguishing between a neuroendocrine tumor and purely endocrine pancreatic heterotopia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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