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Periaortic pancreatic rests: a case report
Debra S Heller1, Lawrence E Harrison, Stephen Peters
1Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA. hellerds@umdnj.edu
Background:
Ectopic pancreatic tissue is a rare congenital anomaly and usually presents along the gastrointestinal tract. If not recognized, it can be confused histologically with an adenocarcinoma.
Case:
We report a case arising in periaortic adipose tissue, found incidentally in a woman undergoing periaortic lymphadenectomy for recurrent ovarian carcinoma.
Conclusion:
We found no other reports of this lesion in periaortic tissue. Clinicians and pathologists need to be aware of this entity, which may rarely be encountered.
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