Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Metastatic ampullary carcinoma

A 55 year old lady had presented with metastatic ampullary tumor causing obstructive jaundice. Endoscopy showed an infiltrated ampulla with a visible bile duct opening (A: white arrow). Ampullary tumors are usually soft and friable and hence offer little hindrance to cannulation. Contrast injection outlined a grossly dilated bile duct (B: white arrows) with a  distal stricture. A 10cm long 10 French plastic stent was placed (C1 & C2: white arrows).

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