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Brunner's Gland Hamartoma: 'Over-Treatment' of a Voluminous Mass Simulating a Malignancy of the Pancreatic-Duodenal Area
 
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(Journal Article): Brunner's Gland Hamartoma: 'Over-Treatment' of a Voluminous Mass Simulating a Malignancy of the Pancreatic-Duodenal Area
 
Iusco D, Roncoroni L, Violi V, Donadei E, Sarli L (Surgical Department, Section of General Surgery and Surgical Therapy, University of Parma. Parma Italy, minguccio73@hotmail.com )
 
IN: JOP. J Pancreas (Online) 2005; 06(4):348-353

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ABSTRACT: CONTEXT: Brunner's gland hyperplasia is rarely associated with clinical symptoms. Most of the lesions are less than 1 cm in diameter and accounts for about 6.8% of all endoscopically removed duodenal polyps. When symptoms occur, this hyperplasia can be effectively treated with endoscopy. However, when the lesion is too large to pass through the endoscopic snare, endoscopic treatment is not possible and surgical treatment is necessary. This treatment may vary from local excision to more complex operations. When Brunner's gland hyperplasia does not have common dimensions, it may also mimic a malignancy of the duodenal-pancreatic area. In this case, a biopsy is indicated even though its result may be not informative. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 60-year-old man with a large Brunner's gland hyperplasia mimicking a malignancy and in which the impossibility of a correct diagnosis by pre-operative and intra-operative biopsy led to 'over-treatment' involving a duodeno-cephalopancreatectomy. CONCLUSION: This 'over-treatment' may be justified since nowadays the consequences of leaving an undiagnosed pancreatic cancer are much worse than the risk of undergoing a major pancreatic operation.

TYPE OF PUBLICATION: Case Report



 
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