Poorly cohesive adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: a case report

A 47-year-old Japanese male was submitted to pancreaticoduodenectomy for an ampullary cancer. Pathologically, the ampullary cancer was poorly cohesive adenocarcinoma without tubular structure. Moreover, locoregional lymph nodes were swollen with hypervascularity, plasmacytes infiltration, and hemorr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Surgical case reports 2016-02, Vol.2 (1), p.15-15, Article 15
Hauptverfasser:	Yamauchi, Hayato, Sakurai, Shinji, Hagiwara, Kei, Yoshida, Tomonori, Tabe, Yuichi, Fukasawa, Takaharu, Kiriyama, Shinsuke, Fukuchi, Minoru, Naitoh, Hiroshi, Kuwano, Hiroyuki
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case Report Medicine Medicine & Public Health Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	A 47-year-old Japanese male was submitted to pancreaticoduodenectomy for an ampullary cancer. Pathologically, the ampullary cancer was poorly cohesive adenocarcinoma without tubular structure. Moreover, locoregional lymph nodes were swollen with hypervascularity, plasmacytes infiltration, and hemorrhage. Our case seems to be different from usual poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma.
ISSN:	2198-7793 2198-7793
DOI:	10.1186/s40792-016-0142-9