Large Brunneroma presenting with bleeding.
Brunner's gland adenoma (Brunneroma) is a rare entity. We report a patient who presented with severe anemia due to bleed from a large Brunneroma arising from the duodenal bulb, and was managed successfully by surgical excision of the tumor.
Wagholikar
Gajanan D
GD
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, and Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
Dhingra
Sadhana
S
Krishnani
Narendra
N
Kapoor
Vinay K
VK
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002011:Brunner Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000175:diagnosis