Heterotopic Pancreas Mimicking Metastases From Renal Carcinoma: A Rare Differential.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Heterotopic pancreas, also known as ectopic or aberrant pancreas, is described as the deposits of normal pancreatic tissue "dropped" into the developing gastrointestinal system. Here we present an operated case of renal clear cell carcinoma, which on 6-month follow-up presented with eccentric mass in the gastric body suspicious for malignancy. Endoscopic biopsy was inconclusive and showed isometabolism on 18F-FDG PET/CT. It was subsequently resected laparoscopically, and final histopathology revealed heterotopic pancreas.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Choristoma
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Pancreatic Neoplasms