Cystic dystrophy of the duodenal wall is not always associated with chronic pancreatitis

Table 5 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients in the 38 case report papers involving 46 subjects with a benign cystic duodenal wall (a paper may report more than one patient), the three cases reported in the present paper are also shown

Author[Ref.] yr	Gender	Age (yr)	Alcohol drinker
Bill et al[74] 1982	Male	64	Yes
Holstege et al[75] 1985	Male	44	Yes
Tio et al[9] 1991	Male	48	NR
Tio et al[9] 1991	Male	53	NR
Flaherty et al[75] 1992	Female	20 mo	No
Izbicki et al[77] 1994	Male	25	NR
Fujita et al[14] 1997	Male	42	Yes
Shudo et al[17] 1998	Male	66	Yes
Wu et al[78] 1998	Male	39	NR
Babál et al[79] 1998	Female	70	NR
Rubay et al[21] 1999	Male	46	Yes
Balachandar et al[22] 1999	Male	18	NR
Mohl et al[25] 2001	Male	44	Yes
Mohl et al[25] 2001	Male	42	Yes
Munthali Lovemore et al[26] 2001	Male	24	No
Indinnimeo et al [27] 2001	Male	46	Yes
Shudo et al[28] 2002	Male	53	Yes
Glaser et al[29] 2002	Male	51	Yes
Hwang et al[31] 2003	Male	46	Yes
Jovanovic et al[32] 2004	Male	38	No
McFaul et al[80] 2004	Male	29	Yes
McFaul et al[80] 2004	Male	62	Yes
Isayama et al[33] 2005	Male	56	Yes
Chatelain et al[34] 2005	Male	47	Yes
Chatelain et al[34] 2005	Female	44	Yes
Balzan et al[35] 2005	Male	47	NR
Sanada et al[43] 2007	Male	81	No
Balakrishnan et al[44] 2007	Male	40	Yes
de Tejada et al[50] 2008	Male	47	Yes
Stefanescu et al[51] 2008	Male	15	No
Varma et al[53] 2008	Female	23	NR
Galloro et al[54] 2008	Male	44	Yes
Thomas et al[59] 2009	Male	43	NR
Levenick et al[61] 2009	Female	35	Yes
Levenick et al[61] 2009	Male	47	Yes
Levenick et al[61] 2009	Female	36	Yes
Levenick et al[61] 2009	Female	54	NR
Yoshida et al[62] 2009	Male	63	Yes
Meesiri[64] 2009	Male	44	Yes
Funamizu et al[65] 2009	Female	54	NR
Viñolo Ubiña et al[66] 2010	Male	40	Yes
Tezuka et al[67] 2010	Male	55	Yes
Lee et al[69] 2010	Male	75	NR
Egorov et al[70] 2010	Male	32	Yes
Egorov et al[70] 2010	Male	43	NR
German et al[72] 2010	Male	34	Yes
Pezzilli2011 Present paper	Female	65	No
Pezzilli 2011 Present paper	Male	49	Yes
Pezzilli 2011 Present paper	Male	56	No
Overall	Males: 40 (81.6%)	45.3 ± 15.2	29/36
	Females: 9 (18.4%)		(80.50%)

NR: Not reported.