BACKGROUND Ectopic pancreas is a rare developmental anomaly that results in a variety of clinical presentations.Patients with ectopic pancreas are mostly asymptomatic,and if symptomatic,symptoms are usually nonspecifi...
BACKGROUND Endoscopic papillectomy(EP) for benign ampullary neoplasms could be a lessinvasive alternative to pancreatoduodenectomy(PD). There are some problems and limitations with EP. The post-EP resection margins of...
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Ampullary adenoma is a common indication for endoscopic papillectomy. Ampullary neuroendocrine tumor(NET) is a rare disease for which complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice. However, because of the mor...
Duodenal polyps or lesions are uncommonly found on upper endoscopy. Duodenal lesions can be categorized as subepithelial or mucosally-based, and the type of lesion often dictates the work-up and possible therapeutic o...
Solitary duodenal Peutz-Jeghers(PJ)-type hamartomatous polyps are rare and considered a different disease entity than classic PJ syndrome.We describe the case of an 89-year-old man admitted to our emergency department...
AIM: To assess the feasibility and safety of liquid nitrogen spray cryoablation at the duodenal papilla in a porcine model. METHODS: This prospective study protocol was approved by the University of Florida Institutio...
AIM:To investigate the clinical value of endoscopic papillectomy indicated by feasibility and safety of the procedure in various diseases of the papilla in a representative number of patients in a setting of daily cli...
Ampullary adenoma is a pre-cancerous lesion arising from the duodenal papilla that is often asymptomatic.It is important to distinguish whether the adenoma is sporadic or arises in the setting of familial adenomatous...
AIM: To investigate the endoscopic ampullectomy practices of expert biliary endoscopists. METHODS: An anonymous expert biliary endoscopists practices. survey was mailed to 79 to assess ampullectomy RESULTS: Forty s...