Background. Carcinoid of the ampulla of Vater is a rare lesion that may produce obstructive jaundice. Analysis of nodal involvement as a function of primary tumor sizes indicated that metastases occur with tumors smaller than 2.0 cm. The case of a 36-year-old woman is presented and the literature re
Carcinoid of the ampulla of vater. Clinical characteristics and morphologic features
✍ Scribed by Efthimios Hatzitheoklitos; Markus W. Büchler; Helmut Friess; Bertram Poch; Matthias Ebert; Winfried Mohr; Toshihide Imaizumi; Hans G. Beger
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 809 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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A 57-year-old woman was investigated for obstructive jaundice with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography that showed a tumor at the ampulla of Vater. A Whipple's procedure was performed. A protuberant tumor was present at the ampulla of Vater in the background of multiple mucosal polyps i