Villous adenoma of the duodenum.
Two cases of villous adenoma of the duodenum are reviewed. Surgical resection is complicated by the local anatomy but in 80 per cent of the patients may be limited to submucous resection via lateral duodenotomy. The two cases are compared to the 50 published case reports.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged