Small bowel (small intestine) - Brunner’s gland nodule

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Small bowel (small intestine)

Benign tumors and tumor-like conditions

Brunner’s gland nodule

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 19 December 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Nodular proliferation of normal Brunner’s glands, ducts, stroma
● Also called Brunner’s gland hyperplasia or adenoma
● Usually in mid duodenum
● Associated with erosions and duodenitis
● May cause melena or obstruction
● Probably not neoplastic

Case reports
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● 16 year old boy with upper GI hemorrhage (Singapore Med J 2008;49:81)
● 40 year old man with upper GI bleeding (Turk J Gastroenterol 2011;22:419)

Micro images
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Various images

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