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Medicine (Baltimore)
February 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Xi'an People's Hospital (Xi'an Fourth Hospital), Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Rationale: Ectopic gastric mucosa (EGM) and ectopic pancreas (EP) in the stomach is a rare congenital anomaly. No research on the coexistence of EGM and EP in the stomach has been found. However, several studies have shown canceration of EGM outside the stomach and EP.
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December 2024
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou 514031, Guangdong Province, China.
Background: Gastric mucosal heterotopia (GMH) is a rare, typically asymptomatic condition characterized by ectopic gastric mucosa in tissues outside the stomach. However, it can lead to severe complications, including small intestinal perforation. This case report highlights the unique clinical presentation of GMH-induced recurrent small intestinal perforations, which has been rarely documented.
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December 2024
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, 47121 Forlì, Italy.
Gastric cancer is a significant health concern worldwide, and its diagnosis and management are of paramount importance. Ectopic pancreas (EP) refers to an embryological abnormality where healthy pancreatic tissue develops without anatomical, vascular, or neural communication with the normal pancreas. We report the case of a patient whose initial endoscopic evaluation suggested early gastric cancer, but computed tomography scan (CT scan) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) indicated a locally advanced tumor.
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November 2024
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus, Box 8118, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Cureus
October 2024
Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
Heterotopia or ectopic tissue refers to the presence of normal tissue in an abnormal location, away from its typical anatomic site. While heterotopia is not uncommon, its occurrence in the gallbladder is quite rare, and even more unusual is the presence of gastric heterotopia within the gallbladder. This case report describes a 41-year-old female patient with oxyntic-type heterotopic gastric mucosa in the proximal body of the gallbladder.
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