Ampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Biliary Obstruction and Gastric Outlet Obstruction

Neuroendocrine tumors of the ampulla of Vater are extremely rare cause of extrahepatic biliary obstruction and further rarer cause of duodenal obstruction, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of ampullary neuroendocrine tumor in a 75-year-old woman who...

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Autores principales: Rai, Praveer, Kumar, Ajay, Rao, Ram Naval
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093832
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.100843
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description Neuroendocrine tumors of the ampulla of Vater are extremely rare cause of extrahepatic biliary obstruction and further rarer cause of duodenal obstruction, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of ampullary neuroendocrine tumor in a 75-year-old woman who presented with biliary obstruction and gastric outlet obstruction palliated with metal biliary and duodenal stenting with relief of jaundice and vomiting at 1 month of follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-34773692012-10-23 Ampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Biliary Obstruction and Gastric Outlet Obstruction Rai, Praveer Kumar, Ajay Rao, Ram Naval Indian J Palliat Care Case Report Neuroendocrine tumors of the ampulla of Vater are extremely rare cause of extrahepatic biliary obstruction and further rarer cause of duodenal obstruction, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of ampullary neuroendocrine tumor in a 75-year-old woman who presented with biliary obstruction and gastric outlet obstruction palliated with metal biliary and duodenal stenting with relief of jaundice and vomiting at 1 month of follow-up. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3477369/ /pubmed/23093832 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.100843 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Biliary Obstruction and Gastric Outlet Obstruction
title Ampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Biliary Obstruction and Gastric Outlet Obstruction
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title_short Ampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting with Biliary Obstruction and Gastric Outlet Obstruction
title_sort ampullary neuroendocrine tumor presenting with biliary obstruction and gastric outlet obstruction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093832
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.100843
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