Clear demonstration of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater with ultrasonography.
We present a non-icteric case, in which an ampullary polypoid lesion was clearly demonstrated by ultrasonography, suggesting carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. The lesion was a 3 cm in diameter, spherical tumor with a polypoid surface, and internal hyperechogenicity. The patient underwent a curative pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Otani
T
T
Department of Surgery, Sanraku Hospital, and University of Tokyo, Japan.
Komiyama
T
T
Kitagawa
T
T
Abo
Y
Y
Setoyama
R
R
Kiribuchi
Y
Y
Kawano
N
N
Makuuchi
M
M
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography