A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis

Neoplasms arising from the ampulla of Vater are exceedingly rare, and there is a paucity of literature regarding their diagnosis and management. Ampullary cancer typically presents with jaundice and signs of biliary obstruction. We present a case of ampullary adenocarcinoma with concomitant choledoc...

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Humzah, Petrosyan, Arpine, Yoon, Jennifer, Roytman, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37193458
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37566
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author Iqbal, Humzah
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description Neoplasms arising from the ampulla of Vater are exceedingly rare, and there is a paucity of literature regarding their diagnosis and management. Ampullary cancer typically presents with jaundice and signs of biliary obstruction. We present a case of ampullary adenocarcinoma with concomitant choledocholithiasis that proved complex and diagnostically challenging.
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spelling pubmed-101831552023-05-15 A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis Iqbal, Humzah Petrosyan, Arpine Yoon, Jennifer Roytman, Marina Cureus Gastroenterology Neoplasms arising from the ampulla of Vater are exceedingly rare, and there is a paucity of literature regarding their diagnosis and management. Ampullary cancer typically presents with jaundice and signs of biliary obstruction. We present a case of ampullary adenocarcinoma with concomitant choledocholithiasis that proved complex and diagnostically challenging. Cureus 2023-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10183155/ /pubmed/37193458 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37566 Text en Copyright © 2023, Iqbal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Iqbal, Humzah
Petrosyan, Arpine
Yoon, Jennifer
Roytman, Marina
A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title_full A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title_fullStr A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title_full_unstemmed A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title_short A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis
title_sort complex diagnosis of ampullary adenocarcinoma presenting as decompensated cirrhosis
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37193458
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37566
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