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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2017; 23(4): 730-734
Published online Jan 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i4.730
Published online Jan 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i4.730
Real case of primitive embryonal duodenal carcinoma in a young man
Julien Barbieux, Riccardo Memeo, Vito De Blasi, Jacques Marescaux, Didier Mutter, Patrick Pessaux, Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, IRCAD-IHU, University of Strasbourg, Place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France
Sebastian Suciu, Department of Gastroenterology, NHC, University of Strasbourg, Place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France
Vanina Faucher, Catherine Roy, Department of Radiology, NHC, University of Strasbourg, Place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France
Gerlinde Averous, Department of Pathology, NHC, University of Strasbourg, Place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France
Author contributions: Barbieux J, Memeo R, De Blasi V, Suciu S, Marescaux J, Mutter D and Pessaux P designed and wrote the paper; Faucher V and Roy C analysed the MRI and CT; Averous G performed the histological analysis.
Institutional review board statement: Not necessary in France for one report.
Informed consent statement: The patient provided informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest related to this manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Riccardo Memeo, Head of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery Department, Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, IRCAD-IHU, University of Strasbourg, Place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France. drmemeo@yahoo.it
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Received: July 7, 2016
Peer-review started: July 11, 2016
First decision: July 29, 2016
Revised: August 5, 2016
Accepted: September 14, 2016
Article in press: September 14, 2016
Published online: January 28, 2017
Peer-review started: July 11, 2016
First decision: July 29, 2016
Revised: August 5, 2016
Accepted: September 14, 2016
Article in press: September 14, 2016
Published online: January 28, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Duodenal embryonal carcinoma is a rare germ cell localisation. This lesion may be revealed by a chronic or acute haemorrhage. Our patient presented with an iron deficiency anaemia associated with asthenia and epigastric pain. Imaging studies and endoscopy showed a tight stenosis of the third portion of the duodenum with a circumferential lesion responsible for a common bile duct and Wirsung’s duct dilatation without any metastatic localisation. The patient underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy and histological findings helped to identify a duodenal embryonal carcinoma with pancreatic infiltration.