タール便は主に上部消化管出血による症状であり,その原因としては,胃・十二指腸潰瘍,食道・胃静脈瘤破裂が多く,その他の原因はまれである.今回,我々はタール便を契機に発見された十二指腸腫瘍の1例を経験したので報告する.症例は64歳男性.主訴はタール便.患者はタール便を自覚し近医を受診.同院で上下部消化管内視鏡検査を施行され,十二指腸球部後壁に全体が発赤調で,大きさが20mmを越える粘膜下腫瘍 (SMT
Tarry stool indicates bleeding from diseases in the upper gastrointestinal tract such as peptic ulcers or rupture of varices. A 64-year old man complaining of tarry stool visited a hospital for check-up. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic examination revealed a submucosal tumor-like protruding lesion at the duodenal bulbus. Obvious bleeding was never seen around this lesion. Because there was a erosion on the polypoid lesion, we considered that the lesion was the source of bleeding. The resected specimen revealed that tumor size was 30×25mm and histological diagnosis was Brunner’s gland hyperplasia. We report a case of duodenal tumor found by tarry stool.