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*Common in the GI tract.
*Common in the GI tract.
*Found in ~ 17-19% of [[stomach|gastro]][[esophagus|esophageal]] junction biopsies.<ref name=pmid23989798/><ref name=pmid20012917>{{cite journal |author=Johansson J, Håkansson HO, Mellblom L, ''et al.'' |title=Pancreatic acinar metaplasia in the distal oesophagus and the gastric cardia: prevalence, predictors and relation to GORD |journal=J. Gastroenterol. |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=291–9 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20012917 |doi=10.1007/s00535-009-0161-4 |url=}}</ref>
*Found in ~ 17-19% of [[stomach|gastro]][[esophagus|esophageal]] junction biopsies.<ref name=pmid23989798/><ref name=pmid20012917>{{cite journal |author=Johansson J, Håkansson HO, Mellblom L, ''et al.'' |title=Pancreatic acinar metaplasia in the distal oesophagus and the gastric cardia: prevalence, predictors and relation to GORD |journal=J. Gastroenterol. |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=291–9 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20012917 |doi=10.1007/s00535-009-0161-4 |url=}}</ref>
*Associated with intestinal metaplasis.<ref name=pmid23989798>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schneider | first1 = NI. | last2 = Plieschnegger | first2 = W. | last3 = Geppert | first3 = M. | last4 = Wigginghaus | first4 = B. | last5 = Höss | first5 = GM. | last6 = Eherer | first6 = A. | last7 = Wolf | first7 = EM. | last8 = Rehak | first8 = P. | last9 = Vieth | first9 = M. | title = Pancreatic acinar cells-a normal finding at the gastroesophageal junction? Data from a prospective Central European multicenter study. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s00428-013-1471-8 | PMID = 23989798 }}</ref>
*Associated with intestinal metaplasia.<ref name=pmid23989798>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schneider | first1 = NI. | last2 = Plieschnegger | first2 = W. | last3 = Geppert | first3 = M. | last4 = Wigginghaus | first4 = B. | last5 = Höss | first5 = GM. | last6 = Eherer | first6 = A. | last7 = Wolf | first7 = EM. | last8 = Rehak | first8 = P. | last9 = Vieth | first9 = M. | title = Pancreatic acinar cells-a normal finding at the gastroesophageal junction? Data from a prospective Central European multicenter study. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s00428-013-1471-8 | PMID = 23989798 }}</ref>
**Not associated with changes of [[GERD]], or [[Helicobacter gastritis]].<ref name=pmid23989798/>
**Not associated with changes of [[GERD]], or [[Helicobacter gastritis]].<ref name=pmid23989798/>


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Prognosis:
Prognosis:
*Benign looking tumours have the potential to transform into carcinoma.
*Benign looking tumours have the potential to transform into carcinoma.
*No report of assoc. pseudomyxoma peritonei.
*No report of association with [[pseudomyxoma peritonei]].
**US boards question -- it is an exception ... others one cause it.  
**US boards question -- it is an exception ... others one cause it.  
*Prognosis of m. cystadenocarcinoma is slightly better than that of ductal adenocarcinoma.
*Prognosis of m. cystadenocarcinoma is slightly better than that of ductal adenocarcinoma.