Difference between revisions of "Small bowel pseudomelanosis"

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m (Michael moved page Pseudomelanosis duodeni to Small bowel pseudomelanosis: more general name)
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'''Pseudomelanosis duodeni''' is benign change of the [[duodenum]] that mimics melanin deposition.
'''Small bowel pseudomelanosis''' is benign change of the [[small bowel]] that mimics melanin deposition.


It is also described in [[stomach]] and [[jejunum]].<ref name=pmid24492404>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rustagi | first1 = T. | last2 = Mansoor | first2 = MS. | last3 = Gibson | first3 = JA. | last4 = Kapadia | first4 = CR. | title = Pseudomelanosis of stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-6 | month = Feb | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000081 | PMID = 24492404 }}</ref>
In the duodenum it is known as ''' pseudomelanosis duodeni'''.
 
It is described in [[stomach]], [[duodenum]] and [[jejunum]].<ref name=pmid24492404>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rustagi | first1 = T. | last2 = Mansoor | first2 = MS. | last3 = Gibson | first3 = JA. | last4 = Kapadia | first4 = CR. | title = Pseudomelanosis of stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-6 | month = Feb | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000081 | PMID = 24492404 }}</ref>


==General==
==General==