Lymphangioma of the duodenum: report of a case.
A case of lymphangioma of the duodenum with a successful preoperative diagnosis is reported herein. A 76-year-old man who complained of tarry stool was found to have a hemorrhagic polypoid tumor in the third portion of the duodenum. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as cavernous lymphangioma by endoscopic biopsy. Since such a tumor is essentially benign, a partial resection of the duodenum including the tumor was performed. Therefore, an endoscopic biopsy seems to be valuable in the diagnosis of duodenal lymphangioma.
Ikura
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Department of Surgery, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.
Hashimoto
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T
Takamine
Y
Y
Tani
T
T
Konishi
Y
Y
Uchida
H
H
Shirane
H
H
Kajiwara
T
T
D000368:Aged; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male