Brunner's Gland Hyperplasia in a Patient after Roux-Y Gastric Bypass: An Important Pitfall in GLP-1 Receptor Imaging.

Hepprich, Matthias; Antwi, Kwadwo; Waser, Beatrice; Reubi, Jean Claude; Wild, Damian; Christ, Emanuel R. (2020). Brunner's Gland Hyperplasia in a Patient after Roux-Y Gastric Bypass: An Important Pitfall in GLP-1 Receptor Imaging. Case reports in endocrinology, 2020(4510910), p. 4510910. Hindawi 10.1155/2020/4510910

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Severe cases of postprandial hypoglycaemia after bariatric surgery can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The diagnostic role of 68Ga-DOTA-Exendin-4 PET/CT in postbariatric hypoglycaemia for further treatment decisions is unclear. We present a case of a 50-year-old woman with frequent and severe postprandial hypoglycaemic (≤2.5 mmol/L) episodes starting three years after Roux-Y gastric bypass. Despite strict dietary adherence and several medical therapies, the patient remained severely affected, and 68Ga-DOTA-Exendin-4 PET/CT was performed to exclude atypical presentation of an insulinoma or nesidioblastosis. No pancreatic abnormalities were found, but intensive tracer accumulation in the first and second part of the duodenum was detected, which proved to be hyperplastic Brunner's glands on histology and were strongly positive for the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor. This case provides histopathological verification that duodenal 68Ga-DOTA-Exendin-4 uptake is caused by uptake in Brunner's glands and points to a potential relationship between bariatric surgery and Brunner's glands.

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