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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2023

Heterotopia of salivary gland tissue in the pancreas.

Sandrina Martens, Katarina Coolens, Catharina Olsen, Pierre Lefesvre, Ilse Rooman

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sandrina MartensLaboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3421-2581
Katarina CoolensLaboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-512X
Catharina OlsenBrussels Interuniversity Genomics High Throughput Core (BRIGHTcore), VUB-ULB, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6193-2296
Pierre LefesvreDepartment of Pathology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Ilse RoomanLaboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium. ilse.rooman@vub.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-2246
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · BEUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · BE

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1157221NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek FWOODYS12Stichting Tegen Kanker 2092Vrije Universiteit Brussel SRP65
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterotopia of the salivary gland occurs mainly in the head and neck region of the human body, rarely in regions such as the rectum, but has never been demonstrated in the pancreas. Within a screening effort of pancreatic samples for detecting ΔNp63 expression, we discovered two pancreatic samples from a 35-year-old male showing salivary gland heterotopia. Immunohistochemical stainings were done for markers of healthy and neoplastic salivary glands and showed expression of calponin, CD142 and KRT14 but not of S100p, GFAP or CD117. A PAS-staining and Alcian Blue staining showed the presence of acid mucins. These staining patterns were consistent with non-neoplastic submandibular gland tissue comprised of abundant seromucous glands, basal cells and myoepithelial cells, all features typically absent in the pancreas. Also, no pancreatic islets of Langerhans were detected. We show for the first time that salivary gland heterotopia can occur at the location of the pancreas.

Indexed as

ChoristomaPancreasAdultEpithelial CellsHumansMaleMucinsMucinsEctopiaHeterotopiaPancreasSalivary glandSubmandibular gland

Identifiers

PMID37649044
PMCPMC10466737
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