Abstract:A 12-year-old boy presented with several months of intermittent early satiety, nonbilious vomiting, and weight loss. Duodenoscopy showed a narrowed pylorus (Fig. 1). Histology of antral and duodenal specimens was normal (no Helicobacter pylori). Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography scan were unremarkable. Endoscopic ultrasound revealed abnormal thickening of the duodenal bulb wall with circumferential hypoechoic widening of the submucosal layer (Fig. 2). Fine needle biopsies displayed benign columnar e… Show more
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