RESUMO
The role of endoscopy in the management of traditionally surgical conditions continues to evolve. Endoscopic techniques, including endoscopic mucosal resection and more recently endoscopic submucosal dissection, which remove cancerous and precancerous lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, continue to grow in use. In addition, therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound has evolved to include the management of patients with acute cholecystitis. Here, we present an 83-year-old man with acute calculus cholecystitis, who was considered ineligible for cholecystectomy and had a giant duodenal polyp that obstructed the visualization of the duodenal lumen, preventing the successful placement of lumen-apposing metal stents. Volume reduction of a duodenal polyp was performed through epinephrine injection to assist in the successful endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage. Subsequently, the patient underwent elective endoscopic mucosal resection to remove the giant duodenal polyp.
RESUMO
La hiperplasia de las glándulas de Brunner constituye una lesión benigna infrecuente localizada en la primera o segunda porción duodenal. El espectro de la misma incluye la hiperplasia nodular circunscrita, la difusa y los adenomas de las glándulas de Brunner. Reportamos dos casos, uno con un adenoma de las glándulas de Brunner como un pólipo duodenal y el otro como una hiperplasia nodular difusa del bulbo duodenal.
Brunners gland hyperplasia is an infrequent benign injury located on the first or second portion of the duodenum. The disease spectrum includes diffuse nodular hyperplasia, circumscribed nodular hyperplasia, and Brunners gland adenoma. We report two cases, one with an adenoma of Brunners glands as a duodenal polyp and the other as a diffuse nodular hyperplasia of the duodenal bulb.