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A rare entity: Cystic lymphangioma of the duodenal bulb and successful treatment with polypectomy in an adult patient

Volume 25 · Issue 4 · August 2014 Publish Date: August 15, 2014
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Zahide Şimşek
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Educational and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Barış Yılmaz
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Bora Aktaş
Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Keçiören Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ata Türker Arıkök
Department of Pathology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Educational and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Şahin Çoban
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Şimşek, Z., Yılmaz, B., Aktaş, B., Arıkök, A. T., & Çoban, Şahin. (2014). A rare entity: Cystic lymphangioma of the duodenal bulb and successful treatment with polypectomy in an adult patient. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(4), 424–425. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2014.3191
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Abstract

Abstract Gastrointestinal tract lymphangiomas are extremely rarely seen. Here, we present the first case of lymphangioma of the duodenal bulb diagnosed with a deep bite on a bite endoscopic biopsy and treated with polypectomy.

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Journal Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume / Issue Volume 25 · Issue 4 · August 2014
Pages 424-425
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Published Online August 15, 2014
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Zahide Şimşek
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Educational and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Barış Yılmaz
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Bora Aktaş
Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Keçiören Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Ata Türker Arıkök
Department of Pathology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Educational and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Şahin Çoban
Department of Gastroenterology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Şimşek, Z., Yılmaz, B., Aktaş, B., Arıkök, A. T., & Çoban, Şahin. (2014). A rare entity: Cystic lymphangioma of the duodenal bulb and successful treatment with polypectomy in an adult patient. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(4), 424–425. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2014.3191
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