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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1704843
SALINE-IMMERSION THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY (SITE) COMBINED WITH ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD) OF A RARE CAUSE OF INTUSSUSCEPTION: A GIANT BRUNNER GLAND ADENOMA
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Publication Date:
23 April 2020 (online)
A 48-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. An 80mm pedunculated lesion was identified, arising from the duodenal-site of the pyloric-ring and prolapsing into D3. The scope was retroflexed in the bulb to ensure direct visualisation of the stalk and saline-immersion-therapeutic-endoscopy(SITE) facilitated endoscopic-submucosal-dissection(ESD) was performed.
Histopathological analysis revealed a giant 60*34*24mmBrunner-gland-adenoma(BGA) without any evidence of dysplasia/malignancy.
BGAs are rare benign duodenal-tumors proliferating from normal Brunner-glands. BGAs represent about 5-10% of benign duodenal-tumours and have an estimated incidence of< 0.01%.
Consensus for optimal management of BGA is lacking. Careful endoscopic resection appears to be effective, minimally-invasive and safe even for giant lesions.