[A case of Brunner's gland hamartoma as a cause of digestive tract hemorrhage].
A twenty six year old woman was admitted suffering an anemia syndrome, postprandial vomiting and intermittent melena of six months evolution. The hemoglobin was 3.5 g/dL: an endoscopy detected a large tumor in the duodenum with a 90% obstruction of the lumen. A biopsy reported an erosive, acute and chronic duodenitis. Subsequently a surgical exploration with duodenotomy showed a large nodular polyp attached to a stalk that was removed: a hamartomatous polyp of Brunner's glands was reported. It coursed with gastrointestinal bleeding and symptoms of duodenal obstruction, which are two of the most common symptoms of this rare tumor.
Rojas Ortega
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Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad Popular Autónomo del Estado de Puebla.
Sánchez Sosa
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San Román
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Cesin Sánchez
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Arizpe Bravo
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D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D002011:Brunner Glands / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004382:Duodenitis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology