Pancreatic Rest Treatment. Generally pancreatic rests that cause no symptoms do not require treatment. Heterotopic pancreas appears as submucosal nodules usually with central umbilication. With time you can go back to your normal diet. However because pancreatic rests can look similar to other submucosal nodules on imaging tests a biopsy procedure called endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration or eus fna may be recommended to rule out a cancerous growth.
Pancreatic rest is ectopic pancreatic tissue located in the wall of the stomach or small intestine. Your doctor may send you to a gastroenterologist or surgeon for one of the following treatments depending on the type of pancreatitis that you have. The pancreatic rests are usually asymptomatic but a variety of clinical symptoms have been described in the literature. With time you can go back to your normal diet. Once the inflammation in your pancreas is controlled you may begin drinking clear liquids and eating bland foods. The estimated prevalence at autopsy is 1 2 but they are seen in fewer than 1 in 1000 endoscopies.
Treatment could include observation in some cases surgery or the doctor may recommend some treatment to manage the problem.
Your doctor may send you to a gastroenterologist or surgeon for one of the following treatments depending on the type of pancreatitis that you have. With time you can go back to your normal diet. However because pancreatic rests can look similar to other submucosal nodules on imaging tests a biopsy procedure called endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration or eus fna may be recommended to rule out a cancerous growth. Your doctor may send you to a gastroenterologist or surgeon for one of the following treatments depending on the type of pancreatitis that you have. Pancreatic rest is ectopic pancreatic tissue located in the wall of the stomach or small intestine. Since loss of duct integrity is the primum movens of pancreatic fistulas it is evident that the optimal treatment of this multi causal complication would be surgical repair of the ductal lesion.