Mucinous cyst exhibiting severe dysplasia in gastric heterotopic pancreas associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Antony Kaufman; David Storey; Cheok Soon Lee; Rajmohan Murali

doi:10.3748/wjg.v13.i43.5781

Mucinous cyst exhibiting severe dysplasia in gastric heterotopic pancreas associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Nov 21;13(43):5781-2. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i43.5781.

Authors

Antony Kaufman¹, David Storey, Cheok Soon Lee, Rajmohan Murali

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Sydney, Australia. rajmohan.murali@email.cs.nsw.gov.au

Abstract

Heterotopic pancreatic tissue within the stomach is rare and dysplasia within heterotopic pancreatic tissue is very rare. We present the first report of a patient with concurrent occurrence of heterotopic pancreas in the stomach with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Choristoma / complications*
Choristoma / diagnosis
Choristoma / pathology
Cysts
Epithelium / pathology
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / complications*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology
Humans
Male
Pancreas*
Stomach Diseases / complications*
Stomach Diseases / diagnosis
Stomach Diseases / pathology