Black speckled duodenal mucosa

Pujitha Kudaravalli; Sheikh A Saleem; Sana Riaz; Venkata Satish Pendela; Mostafa Vasigh; David Heisig

doi:10.1080/08998280.2019.1709610

Black speckled duodenal mucosa

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Jan 10;33(2):237-238. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1709610. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

Pujitha Kudaravalli¹, Sheikh A Saleem², Sana Riaz¹, Venkata Satish Pendela³, Mostafa Vasigh¹, David Heisig²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseNew York.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseNew York.
³ Internal Medicine, Rochester General HospitalRochesterNew York.

Abstract

Pseudomelanosis duodeni is a rare incidental finding seen on endoscopy and has the characteristic appearance of flat, black-speckled pigmented mucosa. We present the case of an 83-year-old woman who presented with gastrointestinal bleeding and was found to have pseudomelanosis duodeni. The finding has no diagnostic or prognostic significance. Therapeutic chelation or endoscopic follow-up is not recommended.

Keywords: Benign; Pseudomelanosis duodeni; incidental.

Publication types

Case Reports