One of the British Crown Jewels is the Ampulla, which holds theholy oil used to anoint a new monarch during a coronation. Anotherampulla inside us issues fluids less exalted but more important tolife.

IN recent years, surgeons who operate upon patients for biliary-tract disease have become increasingly aware of the significant role of obstruction of the common duct at the sphincter of Oddi. This ...

Ampullary cancer is a rare form of cancer that develops in the ampulla of Vater. This is a small opening located on the duodenum, which is the first section of the small intestine. Secretions from the ...

Ampullary cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the ampulla of Vater in the gastrointestinal system. According to 2014 research, this gastrointestinal cancer accounts for 0.2 percent of all ...

Periampullary tumors in patients affected by Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) are usually carcinoids or stromal tumors and, rarely, adenocarcinomas. We report a case of an adenocarcinoma of the ampulla ...

Phase I trial of gene-mediated cytotoxic immunotherapy in combination with chemoradiation for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Background: Individuals with adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater ...