What is antral ectopic pancreas

Update Date: 2023-03-31 Source: Network

summary

First of all, ectopic pancreas is also called labyrinthine pancreas or accessory pancreas. All the isolated pancreatic tissues that grow outside the pancreas itself and have no anatomical or vascular connection with normal pancreatic tissue are called ectopic pancreas, which belongs to a congenital malformation.

Secondly, about 90% of the ectopic pancreas is located in the upper digestive tract, mainly in the stomach (usually located in the greater curvature within 5 cm from the pylorus), duodenum and jejunum. The common bile duct, duodenal papilla, liver, ileum, mesentery, greater omentum, lung, Meckel diverticulum, colon, appendix, diaphragm, lung and esophagus were rare sites. Most of them are single, and multiple cases are rare.

Finally, heterotopic pancreas in antrum and stomach has no clinical manifestation, which can be found accidentally in operation or examination. Due to the growth in some special locations or other pathological changes, the following six clinical manifestations can appear, some people also call it six types: obstruction type, bleeding type, ulcer type, tumor type, diverticulum type, occult type. And different types of illness after the symptoms will be different, for patients, such a disease needs attention, the impact on the body is particularly serious.

matters needing attention

After getting the disease of ectopic pancreas in gastric antrum, we should treat it in time. If the patient is serious, we should operate. We should pay attention to the nursing of the body at ordinary times, especially the regular diet, so as to prevent the occurrence of the disease in many ways.