RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sporadic ampullary hamartoma simulating cancer
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 227
OP 230
VO 40
IS 3
A1 Moyana, Terence N.
A1 Miller, Grant G.
A1 Keith, Roger G.
YR 1997
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/40/3/227.abstract
AB Ampullary tumours are uncommon. They may occur with familial polyposis syndromes or neurofibromatosis. It can be difficult to distinguish them from their periampullary counterparts on clinical, radiologic or histologic grounds. Because most ampullary and periampullary tumours are malignant, they tend to be treated by radical surgery. A 67-year-old man was seen with a sporadic ampullary hamartoma that simulated cancer. It was succesfully treated by local excision through a transverse duodenotomy.