Proboscis-like Brunner’s gland hyperplasia.
July 3rd, 2008 | by admin |Proboscis-like Brunner\’s gland hyperplasia.
Hyperplasia of Brunner\’s glands is a benign lesion discovered incidentally in 2% of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies. An asymptomatic 34-year-old woman had a 12-cm duodenal lesion resembling an elephant\’s proboscis. It was removed surgically and proved to be Brunner\’s gland hyperplasia.
Chang CW, Chang WH, Shih SC, Lin SC, Yang TL, Wang TE.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Chung-Shan N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan.