Just another piece of fun ☺! Here are 5 photographs of duodenal strictures, each of a different aetiology!
CAN YOU MATCH THE STRICTURE WITH THE PHOTO?
■ NSAID induced stricture =
Photograph D
■ Peptic stricture =
Photograph A
■ Chronic pancreatitis =
Photograph E
■ Chrohn's disease =
Photograph B
■ Duodenal adenocarcinoma =
Photograph C
EXPLANATION
You'll know that NSAID induced strictures are classically 'membrane-like' as in Photograph D.
The 'Peptic stricture' is shown in photograph A. The healed duodenal ulcer had been at 9 O'clock in that stricture. Chronic pancreatitis causes external compression of D1 or D2 usually with swollen villi. Of course there are two photographs to choose between - Photo C or E. Lets leave that one and see if the Crohn's stricture is easier to find. Of course, photograph B shows ulceration and inflammation and must be the CD stricture. That leaves the malignant stricture which could be photograph C or E. It's usually relatively easy to squeeze past the external compression caused by a swelling in the head of the pancreas. In contrast, malignant duodenal strictures are usually impassable. Which one looks the tightest? Photo C or E? Well, C is the malignant stricture which I had to dilate up to 10mm before I could take samples a little deeper into the stricture to confirm the diagnosis. Photograph E was a case of severe pancreatitis which we scoped as he had dropped his Hb (never found out why or how). |
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