Pancreatic heterotopias: clinicopathological analysis of 18 patients.

Objective: To analyze the clinical and pathological features of heterotopic pancreatic tissue in abdominal digestive organs.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 18 patients with histologically diagnosed heterotopic pancreas. Clinical and histopathologic data were reviewed.

Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases.

We present two cases of juvenile form of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis frequently found in rural areas, whose prognosis is poor in children and young adults. They are a 14-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman, both residents in an urban area in São Paulo - Brazil, without any history of travelling to an endemic area. They have been admitted to the hospital due to fever, weight loss and lymphadenopathy.