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Mucosal Tag of the Duodenum: —Report of a Case—
Author(s) -
KUBOTA Shinzo,
TERAMOTO Tadahisa,
UENO Naohiko,
KISHIMOTO Miyako,
NAGAO Munehiko,
YU Housai,
TATEIWA Makoto,
IRIE Kazuhiko,
KITAZAWA Souhei
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1991.tb00525.x
Subject(s) - duodenal bulb , duodenum , medicine , epigastric pain , hyperplasia , upper gastrointestinal series , gastroenterology , duodenal diseases , pathology , stomach , vomiting
We studied a 66‐year‐old female who had a dull epigastric pain. An upper gastrointestinal (GI) series revealed a cordlike protrusion in the duodenal region, and a gastroendoscopic examination was performed and revealed a mucosal tag (MT) about 3 cm in length in the duodenal bulb. The MT was resected endoscopically and was found to be lined by normal duodenal mucosa and to have developed hyperplasia of the Brunner's glands. This MT was considered to be a congenitally‐developed, hamartomatous hyperplasia of the duodenal mucosa, and of the Brunner's glands in particular.