title: Lymphangioma of the duodenum: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takamine
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male