Open AccessAttempted Retrograde Cannulation of the Ampulla
Author(s) -
Gary Bloom,
David Fromm,
Stephen A. Rosenberg,
Harold S. Goldman
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197602000-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , pancreas , ampulla , asymptomatic , pancreatitis , ampulla of vater , radiology , general surgery , surgery , carcinoma
Two patients developed a focal mass in the head of the pancreas presumably following attempted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). These lesions grossly mimicked carcinomas of the pancreas. In one case a radical pancreatoduodenectomy was performed because of the misleading gross findings. A focal mass in the pancreas following ERCP may develop due to asymptomatic pancreatitis caused by the procedure.