Case Report
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 26, 2018; 6(16): 1182-1188
Published online Dec 26, 2018. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i16.1182
Gastric duplication cyst communicating to accessory pancreatic lobe: A case report and review of the literature
Michael Rousek, David Kachlik, Andrej Nikov, Jirina Pintova, Miroslav Ryska
Michael Rousek, Andrej Nikov, Miroslav Ryska, Department of Surgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Central Military Hospital, Prague 16002, Czech Republic
David Kachlik, Department of Anatomy, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 15006, Czech Republic
Jirina Pintova, Department of Gastroenterology, Jablonec nad Nisou Hospital, Jablonec nad Nisou 466 01, Czech Republic
Author contributions: Rousek M and Ryska M performed a surgery and designed the report; Rousek M collected the patient’s clinical data; Pintova J investigated a patient; Rousek M, Kachlik D, Nikov A, Pintova J and Ryska M wrote the paper.
Supported by Czech Ministry of Defence, Project MO 1012.
Informed consent statement: The patient provided written informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Corresponding author to: Miroslav Ryska, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Central Military Hospital, U Vojenske Nemocnice 1200, Prague 16000, Czech Republic. miroslav.ryska@uvn.cz
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Received: August 17, 2018
Peer-review started: August 17, 2018
First decision: October 5, 2018
Revised: November 7, 2018
Accepted: November 14, 2018
Article in press: November 15, 2018
Published online: December 26, 2018
Core Tip

Core tip: The combination of gastric duplication cyst and pancreatic duplications is an extremely rare developmental defect that can cause serious health problems in patients, including attacks of recurrent acute pancreatitis. Surgery is the treatment of choice, leading to complete resolution of symptoms in all published cases. Our paper summarizes the available information on this rare developmental defect, with a focus on potential for timely diagnostics and optimum treatment strategy. We also suggest unification of until now non-uniform anatomical nomenclature and we present a current knowledge of embryogenesis. We believe this information can help physicians in treatment of similar cases in future.