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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep 2:7:68.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-68.

Surgical management of giant Brunner's gland hamartoma: case report and literature review

Zoe A Stewart  1 , Ralph H Hruban, Elliot F Fishman, Christopher L Wolfgang
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Case Reports

Surgical management of giant Brunner's gland hamartoma: case report and literature review

Zoe A Stewart et al. World J Surg Oncol. .

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.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Appearance of a Giant Brunner's Gland Hamartoma on Computed Tomography Scan. (a) Contrast enhanced axial image in arterial phase of acquisition demonstrates an approximately 10 cm mass in duodenum extending into the gastric antrum (white arrow) with both solid (yellow arrow) and cystic components (blue arrow) (b) coronal display shows the intraluminal nature of the mass (white arrow) and its extent as well as again defining both the solid (yellow arrow) and cystic components (blue arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pancreaticoduodenectomy Specimen with a Giant Brunner's Gland Hamartoma.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histopathological Appearance of a Giant Brunner's Gland Hamartoma stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin and viewed at 10×.
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