Clinical Study

Feasibility of Endoscopy-Assisted Laparoscopic Full-Thickness Resection for Superficial Duodenal Neoplasms

Table 2

Clinicopathological characteristics of duodenal neoplasms.

Frequency, no. of cases

Location in duodenum, portion (1st/2nd/3rd)
1st6
2nd (proximal/distal to the papilla)16 (4/12)
3rd2
Location in duodenum, dominant tumor-occupying direction (anterior wall/posterior wall/opposite side of ampulla of Vater)
Anterior wall15
Posterior wall6
Posterior wall/opposite side of ampulla of Vater3
Luminal circumference involved by tumor, %
<2514
25–5010
51–1000
Morphology, n
Elevated (submucosal tumor/0-IIa)18 (4/14)
Depressed (0-IIc)6
Pathological features, n
NET G14
Adenoma13
Adenocarcinoma6