Carcinoma Of The Ampulla Of Vater
British Journal of Surgery 35: 1947; 146-151
View Original Source →Abstract
Follow-up by computed tomography (CT) was quite useful in a woman with an oral contraceptiveassociated benign hepatic cell adenoma. Follow up by CT without therapy (except to stop the oral contraceptives) was sufficient to show spontaneous regression of the lesion.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
A woman, aged 48
Clinical Characteristics
Deep jaundice of a few weeks’ standing, severe pruritus, and a palpably enlarged gallbladder
Remission Characteristics
I could no longer feel the growth at the ampulla
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Cholecystogastrostomy was done to relieve her jaundice, and two months later, when her condition had improved greatly, i decided to attempt a transduodenal resection of the growth
Additional Notes
The patient remained in good health for some ten years after the operation, and then died of coronary thrombosis in 1944, twenty years after operation, with no evidence of recurrence