title: Brunner's gland adenoma with circumferential duodenal involvement.
abstract: Brunner's gland adenoma is a benign tumor of the duodenum. We report a 58-year-old man who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss. The patient underwent Whipple resection along with lymph node clearance. The resected tumor, 4 cm long, showed hypertrophied Brunner's glands.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Center, PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Augustine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ramesh
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002011:Brunner Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome