Giardiasis Presenting as a Brunner Gland Hyperplasia.

Brunner gland hyperplasia Giardia duodenal mass

Journal

ACG case reports journal
ISSN: 2326-3253
Titre abrégé: ACG Case Rep J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101638398

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 13 02 2024
accepted: 07 05 2024
medline: 17 6 2024
pubmed: 17 6 2024
entrez: 17 6 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Giardiasis is the most common intestinal parasitic disease worldwide. Clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic to abdominal pain, diarrhea, and iron deficiency anemia. Treatment modalities include tinidazole, metronidazole, and paromomycin. We present a case of an adult man with anemia and suspected gastrointestinal bleeding who was found to have a duodenal nodule consistent with Brunner gland hyperplasia, and biopsy also showed

Identifiants

pubmed: 38883578
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001386
pii: ACGCR-24-0115
pmc: PMC11177821
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e01386

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology.

Auteurs

Alvaro J Vivas (AJ)

Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Icesi, Medical School, Cali, Colombia.

Pushpak Taunk (P)

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.

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