Surgical resection of duodenal lymphangiectasia: A case report

Figure 1 (A) Panendoscopy revealed a 3 cm irregular elevated lesion with whitish spots on the surface and a central crater with blood-coating in the second portion of duodenum. (B) Histology of the endoscopic biopsy showed prominent dilatation of intramucosal and submucosal lymphatic ducts (arrows), a picture of intestinal lymphangiectasia (Hematoxylin and eosin, ×40). (C) Upper gastrointestinal series demonstrated a cluster of polypoid filling defects, 3×3 cm in size, in the second portion of the duode-num (arrows). (D) Gross appearance of the surgical specimen revealed a sessile polypoid lesion, 3 cm in diameter, in the second portion of the duodenum (arrows).