A CASE OF XANTHOMA WITH TUMOR-LIKE APPEARANCE IN THE DUODENAL BULB
1995 Volume 37 Issue 10 Pages 2222-2227_1
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1995 Volume 37 Issue 10 Pages 2222-2227_1
A50-year-01d rnan with upper abdominal pain and fullness was admitted to ourmedical ward for further evaluation of duodenal lesion. A polypoid lesion was found in thebulb by upper gastrointestinal x-ray and endoscopic examination, and was surgicallyresected under a clinical diagnosis of a subrnucosal turnor. The resected specimen was 22× 11rnm in size, and was pathologically diagn.osed as a xanthorna located in the submucosallayer of the duodenum. There have not been no other reports on such kind of xanthoma which showed tumor1ike appearance in the duodenal bulb. We discussed the possible pathogenesis of thisinterested case and reviewed seme literatures.
