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==Ampullary tumours== | ==Ampullary tumours== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Individuals with high-grade dysplasia (on biopsy) are usually treated with a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), as local resections have a very high recurrence rate.<ref name=pmid16332486>{{Cite journal | last1 = Meneghetti | first1 = AT. | last2 = Safadi | first2 = B. | last3 = Stewart | first3 = L. | last4 = Way | first4 = LW. | title = Local resection of ampullary tumors. | journal = J Gastrointest Surg | volume = 9 | issue = 9 | pages = 1300-6 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.08.031 | PMID = 16332486 }}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*''See [[colorectal adenocarcinoma]]''. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Intraductal papillary mucinous tumour]] (IPMT) - a pancreatic tumour, see ''[[pancreas]]'' article. | |||
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*Ampullary carcinoma - has separate staging. | *Ampullary carcinoma - has separate staging. | ||
=See also= | =See also= |
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