Brunner's gland hamartoma of the duodenum

Goulbourne, I.A.; Busuttil, A.

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 32(5): 318-320

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8835
PMID: 3502004
Document Number: 17079
Brunner's gland hamartomas are rare. Most patients have a vague history, or the lesions are found incidentally at postmortem examination. A few patients develop duodenal obstruction. We report a patient in whom bleeding from a giant Brunner's gland hamartoma caused life-threatening haemorrhage.

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Brunner's gland hamartoma of the duodenum