A Case of Invasive Adenocarcinoma Arising from Heterotopic Pancreas in the Stomach and Review of the Literature

Roberto Bini, Franco Coppola, Antonella La Terra, Tiziana Viora, Renzo Leli and Alfredo Addeo

Department of General and Emergency Surgery, SG Bosco Hospital, Italy
Department of Oncology, Bristol Cancer Center, UK
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, SG Bosco Hospital, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Alfredo Addeo 

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Abstract:

Heterotopic pancreas is a rare condition of tissue found outside the pancreas without anatomic connection with ectopic one. Generally asymptomatic and incidentally findings could be located elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Degeneration into neoplasm is rare. Less than sixteen cases has been describe. Our case is the first well reported an adenocarcinoma arising from a locally advanced stomach’s HP discovered for hematemesis.

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Bini R, Coppola F, La Terra A, Viora T, Leli R, Addeo A. A Case of Invasive Adenocarcinoma Arising from Heterotopic Pancreas in the Stomach and Review of the Literature. Clin Oncol. 2017; 2: 1348.