2007 Volume 49 Issue 12 Pages 2991-2997
A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain. Endoscopic examination showed a large submucosal tumor at the lesser curvature of the lower body of the stomach. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated that the submucosal tumor had calcification. Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic heterogeneous mass which mainly occupied the third and forth layer of the gastric wall. Aspiration cytodiagnosis was performed, but malignancy could not be ruled out. A subtotal gastrectomy was performed. Histological examination of the resected tumor revealed pancreatic tissue with neutrophil infiltration and calcification. We experienced a case of gastric aberrant pancreas with epigastric pain and pancreatolithiasis.
