title: [Duodenal ulcer clinically simulating pancreatic neoplasm].
abstract: A small fraction of solid mass in the head of the pancreas are inflammatory rather neoplastic in origin. The failure to recognize the true nature of a solid tumor in the head of pancreas may lead to an incorrect treatment strategy. This is a report of a patient with clinical history of pancreatic cancer which computed tomography showed a mass in the head of the pancreas with radiologic characteristics of malignancy. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with the finding of a mass in the head of the pancreas. The inflammatory palpable characteristic of the mass led to a intraoperative biopsy to confirm the preoperative diagnosis. With the benign result of the biopsy, the final diagnosis was duodenal ulcer which penetrates in the pancreatic parenchyma.
authors: Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Machado
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Jukemura
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Carlucci Júnior
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bacchella
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: da Cunha
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Rocha
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Machado
authors: H W
authors: HW
authors: Pinotti
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Ulcera duodenal simulando clinicamente o câncer de pâncreas.