Table 1.
Previously Reported Cases of Gangliocytric Paraganglioma Located in the Minor Papilla
Study | Age/Sex | Symptom | Size | EUS findings | Treatment | Clinical course |
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Matsubayashi et al. (2017) [7] | 71/M | No symptoms | 17 mm | Homogeneously low echogenicity in the submucosa | Open transduodenal polypectomy | No recurrence 5 years after surgery |
Choi et al. (2007) [8] | 58/M | Not available | 8 mm | Hypoechoic lesion in the submucosa | Endoscopic resection | Scar change with no residual tumor on 1-month follow-up endoscopy |
Loew et al. (2007) [9] | 66/M | Abdominal pain | 15×18 mm | Polypoid, hypoechoic mass | Endoscopic resection | 1-month follow-up ercp without residual tumor, asymptomatic at 2-year follow-up |
Nakamura et al. (2002) [10] | 66/M | Epigastric pain | 12×10 mm | Inhomogeneous mass with hyperechoic and hypoechoic areas in the submucosa | Endoscopic resection | No residual tumor was detected on biopsy from the resection site on 1-year follow-up endoscopy |
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound.