Endoscopic resection of a duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma.
A gangliocytic paraganglioma (GP) is an extremely rare neurogenic tumor nearly located in the second portion of the duodenum and has been regarded as benign. We report a case of duodenal GP in a 53-year-old man. The GP arose in the second portion of the duodenum and was shown by histological examination to consist of epithelioid cells, spindle cells, and ganglion-like cells. An endoscopic ultrasonography showed a round, well-demarcated, inhomogeneous, submucosal tumor in the 3rd-4th layer. We resected it by endoscopic mucosal resection.
Morita
Tomoko
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Kochi, Japan. moritat@kochi-ms.ac.jp
Tamura
Satoru
S
Yokoyama
Yuichi
Y
Onishi
Tomoko
T
Kuratani
Yoshinori
Y
Mizuta
Hiroshi
H
Onishi
Saburo
S
D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*