A solitary Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum--a case report.
A 56-yr-old woman with a solitary hamartomatous polyp confined to within the third portion of the duodenum, underwent a successful endoscopic polypectomy. The histological findings were identical to Peutz-Jeghers polyp but all the other clinical features of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome were absent.
Naitoh
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
Sumiyoshi
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Kumashiro
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Inutsuka
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Fujita
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Yamamoto
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T
Murayama
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D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*