CONTEXT Xanthogranulomatous inflammation commonly affects the gallbladder. To date, there have been no reports of xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the ampulla. CASE REPORT A 48-year-old female presented to us with fever, jaundice and a palpable gallbladder. Evaluation revealed features of periampullary malignancy. The patient underwent a Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. Histopathology re...

Clinical background The increasing aging of the Western population is obviously accomplished by an increasing number of older patients with cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Since surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms, increasing number of elderly patients are being referred for pancreatic resection. Recently, some surgical experiences ...

Mutant-enriched PCR and reverse dot blot hybridization in microplates were applied for examining K-ras status in stools and tissue samples from patients with pancreatic tumors and chronic pancreatitis. In tissue samples, K-ras mutations were found in 32 of 35 cases of ductal adenocarcinoma, in 5 of 7 periampullary cancers, in 1 cystadenocarcinoma, and in 3 of 5 patients with chronic pancreatiti...

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Objective: The authors performed a prospective evaluation of staging laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasonography in predicting surgical resectability in patients with carcinomas of the pancreatic head and periampullary region. Summary Background Data: Pancreatic resection with curative intent is possible in a select minority of patients who have carcinomas of the pancreatic head and periampul...

Small intestine cancers are uncommon diseases among gastrointestinal cancers. Among these small intestine cancers, adenocarcinoma is the most common type. Other types of cancers often found in the small intestine are carcinoid, lymphoma, sarcoma, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Adenosquamous carcinomas of the duodenum are extremely rare lesions among small intestine cancers, and only a few ...

Objective: Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a common, post pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) complication, which prolongs hospital stay, increases the cost of treatment and delays adjuvant therapy. Although, pylorospasm one proposed mechanisms, results pyloric ring resection PD remain controversial. Hence, this study investigated whether decreased incidence DGE.Material Methods: Between June, 2015 ...