title: A solitary Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum--a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naitoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumashiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inutsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murayama
mesh_terms: 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*