[Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the Vater's ampulla: report of a clinical case].
We report the case of a sixty-six year-old man admitted at our hospital with a suspected malignant tumor of the ampulla of Vater. The patient underwent a Pylorus-preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy. Histology showed a signet-ring cell carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. This case is the 13th report in the literature of a signet-ring cell carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.
Valeri
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S
Area di Chirurgia Generale, Università, Campus Bio-Medico, Roma.
Caricato
M
M
Ripetti
V
V
Crucitti
P
P
Ausania
F
F
Garberini
A
A
Giarratano
G
G
Gullotta
G
G
Coppola
R
R
D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male