Stenosis of the Ampulla. Note the reduced number of ductal elements. The architecture of the musculature is obscured by fibrous tissue. Figure 3. Fibrosis of the Sphincter of Oddi.

Endoscopic treatment of ampullary adenomas was initially limited to direct thermal ablation, ... subsequent stenosis of the PD sphincterotomy fell from 18.4% of patients to 1.1% in patients who ...

Other causes of chronic stenosis of the common bile duct (e.g., ampullary tumors) are rare or are associated with a poor prognosis (e.g., pancreatic adenocarcinoma), with death occurring shortly ...

AMPULLARY STENOSIS. Fibrosis or scarring of the pancreatic sphincter that can lead to increased resistance to the flow of pancreatic juice, resulting in pancreatic duct dilation.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...

Curative surgery is possible in approximately 50% of ampullary cancer compared to that of less than 10% in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 5 Despite the high rate of potentially curative resection, the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer.He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...

Adjuvant therapy for surgically resected ampullary tumors does not confer a survival benefit, even in patients with aggressive disease, according to new retrospective findings presented at the ...

When ampullary (n=131) and duodenal (n=63) cases were stratified by T stage (T1/T2, T3/T4) or N stage (N0, N1) no statistically significant differences in OS were seen. First-line chemotherapy for ...