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Management of ampullary carcinoid tumors with pancreaticoduodenectomy
Wassim Abi Jaoude1, Christopher Lau1, Gainosuke Sugiyama1
1SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|June 20, 2014
Abstract:
A 66 year old female was found to have an ampullary mass on endoscopic examination. A pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed and the pathology was consistent with carcinoid tumor. Carcinoid tumors of the ampulla of Vater are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, accounting for 0.3-1% of gastrointestinal carcinoids. Management of ampullary carcinoid tumor with pancreaticoduodenectomy is in accordance with current recommendations.
