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Gastroenterol Clin Biol
; 20(6-7): 601-4, 1996.
Artigo
em Francês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8881576
RESUMO
Cystic dystrophy of the duodenal wall developing in heterotopic pancreas is a rare disease. Weight loss and painless vomiting due to duodenal stenosis where the main clinical manifestations of this entity in a chronic alcoholic patient. Diagnosis was made by using an ultrasonic-endoscope equipped with a miniprobe. Although surgical treatment is usually recommended in this situation, the clinical condition of this patient improved dramatically after subcutaneous injections of somatostatin analog (octreotide). This treatment was maintained during 9 months and no recurrence was observed during the follow-up period.