A Rare Cause of Melaena-Duodenal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma

Autor:	Carmencita Esquivel, Greg Otto, Rebecca Thomas, Suresh Navadgi
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Gangliocytic paraganglioma Endoscopy Neuroendocrine tumour Duodenectomy medicine.anatomical_structure Biopsy medicine Neoplasm Radiology medicine.symptom business Lymph node
Zdroj:	Surgical Science. :232-235
ISSN:	2157-9415 2157-9407
DOI:	10.4236/ss.2012.34045
Popis:	Gangliocytic paraganglioma (GP), a rare tumour that arises most frequently from the periampullary area, is considered to be a benign neoplasm with a potential for lymphatic spread. Distant metastases are rare [1]. We report a case of a 51 year old female who presented with abdominal pain, anaemia and melaena. Endoscopy, push enteroscopy and biopsy revealed a periampullary neuroendocrine tumour. Immunohistochemistry of the pancreatic duodenectomy specimen demonstrated a duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma with no lymph node metastases. We review the literature on this rare tumour and the current treatment protocol.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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