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
Small cell carcinoma of the ampulla of vater
โ Scribed by C. Soon Lee; David Machef; Jurgen Rode
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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