The disappearing abdominal mass: a duodenal pseudotumour.
Reports of inflammatory pseudotumours can be found in the literature affecting different organs of the body. The authors present a case and discuss the differential diagnosis of an inflammatory duodenal mass. Both symptomatology and radiological findings suggested a more sinister cause, such as a malignancy. However, histological analysis revealed normal mucosa and after conservative management the mass spontaneously resolved.
Department of General Medicine, Barnet Hospital, London, UK. Faraan@doctors.org.uk
Faraan
F
Khan
Sheida
S
Vessal
D001706:Biopsy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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