The disappearing abdominal mass: a duodenal pseudotumour.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of General Medicine, Barnet Hospital, London, UK.

Published: July 2011

Reports of inflammatory pseudotumours can be found in the literature affecting different organs of the body. The authors present a case and discuss the differential diagnosis of an inflammatory duodenal mass. Both symptomatology and radiological findings suggested a more sinister cause, such as a malignancy. However, histological analysis revealed normal mucosa and after conservative management the mass spontaneously resolved.

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