title: Surgical management of giant Brunner's gland hamartoma: case report and literature review.
abstract: Brunner's gland hamartomas (BGH) are uncommon benign tumors of the duodenum forming mature Brunner's glands. We report here an unusual case of a giant BGH that was not amenable to endoscopic or surgical local resection thus requiring a pancreaticoduodenectomy for extirpation. The relevant literature is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. zstewart@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Zoe A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Ralph H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hruban
authors.forename: Elliot F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wolfgang
mesh_terms: D002011:Brunner Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy