LIPID ISLAND (XANTHELASMA) IN DUODENAL MU COSA - A VERY RARE CASE - DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS

Authors
KNOLLE J WESSEL H HILDEBRANDT E
Citation
J. Knolle et al., LIPID ISLAND (XANTHELASMA) IN DUODENAL MU COSA - A VERY RARE CASE - DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, 33(8), 1995, pp. 457-461
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442771
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
457 - 461
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2771(1995)33:8<457:LI(IDM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A case report ist given on a 54-year-old patient with the so called li pid island (xanthelasma) in the duodenal mucosa. Xanthelasmas are very rarely located in the duodenal mucosa. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this entity are reported. The relevance of histochemistr y and immunohistochemistry for differentiation of signet ring carcinom a cells in the mucosa is discussed.