Treatment of duodenal carcinoid by strip biopsy

Chin Lin Perng, Hwai Jeng Lin, Kun Wang, Chiung Ru Lai, Shou Dong Lee

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Abstract

In a 70-year-old man with diarrhea and weight loss, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a 0.4-cm nodular lesion at the anterior duodenal bulb with a fissure at the tip of the lesion. The histologic diagnosis of the biopsied specimen revealed a duodenal carcinoid confined to the submucosa. We used strip biopsy to resect the lesion. After resection, diarrhea subsided and weight was increased. Strip biopsy may be a safe and effective choice for management of a duodenal carcinoid if it is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)168-172
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume20
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Duodenal carcinoid
  • Strip biopsy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gastroenterology

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