Table 1

- Patient’s timeline.

DatesPatient’s information
June 2, 2021A 59-year-old female patient presented with abdominal discomfort with acid regurgitation. She was in good health and had no history of external injury or surgeries.
 Summaries from initial and follow-up visitsDiagnostic testing (including dates)Interventions
May 31, 2021
  • - Pyloric obstruction and thickening of the gastric wall in the gastric antrum.

  • - Mucosal congestion, swelling in the anterior pyloric area, and pyloric canal stenosis.

A computed tomography (CT) enhanced scan of the entire abdomen and pelvis Gastroscopy/
June 9, 2021
  • - Deviation of 10 cm towards the lesser curvature and an extension of 22 cm towards the greater curvature.

  • - A 5.5 x 5.4 cm round-like mass was found during surgery.

/Gastrointestinal surgery
June 18, 2021Gastric and pancreatic heterotopic tissue (type III) with adenocarcinoma with epithelial carcinogenesis.
  • - Histology examination

  • - Immunohistology examination

 
July 30, 2021  6 rounds of chemotherapy and antibiotics (gemcitabine and tigecycline)
June 20, 2022
  • - One year after the surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer originating from the ectopic pancreas in the lesser curvature of the gastric antrum, irregular and slightly lower-density tumor recurrence was observed in the surgical area.

  • - Multiple scattered metastatic soft tissue masses of varying sizes were present in the abdominal cavity, mainly concentrated in the Douglas cul-de-sac (rectouterine pouch) in the pelvic floor.

  • - The second contrast-enhanced axial CT scan of the upper abdomen and pelvic regions

  • - The contrast-enhanced sagittal CT scan of the abdominal and pelvic regions