Anpullu Masa

Ampullary am poo la ree cancer is a rare cancer that forms in an area of your digestive system called the ampulla of vater.

Anpullu masa. Ampullary cancer is rare cancer that occurs in a body area that connects the common bile duct and pancreatic duct to the small intestine known as the ampulla of vater. The ampulla of vater is located where your bile duct and pancreatic duct join and empty into your small intestine. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy was performed and showed a duodenal mass with ulceration around the ampulla. The ampulla of vater is an important landmark halfway along the second part of the duodenum that marks the anatomical transition from foregut to midgut and hence.

Surgery to remove the pancreas and small intestine. Exophytic mass at the ampulla visible on endoscopy jaundice abdominal pain and weight loss may be presenting symptoms epidemiology adenoma and adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of vater account for about 10 of neoplasms that obstruct the distal bile duct. The whipple procedure pancreaticoduodenectomy involves removing the head of your pancreas as well as a portion of your small intestine duodenum your gallbladder and part of your bile duct. The ampulla of vater also known as the hepatopancreatic ampulla or the hepatopancreatic duct is formed by the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct the ampulla is specifically located at the major duodenal papilla.

Ampullary cancer treatment options may include. Attempts were made to clip and cauterize the area but were unsuccessful even with a side viewing scope. The patient and her family were advised that a pancreatic malignancy.