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periampullary

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periampullary /peri·am·pul·lary/ (-am´pu-lar″e) around an ampulla.
periampullary [per″e-am´pu-lar″e]
around an ampulla.

periampullary
situated around an ampulla.


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Written by specialists mainly in Europe, Japan, and the US (some are in Australia, New Zealand, and India), the material is divided into discussion of anatomy, physiology, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, neoplastic lesions, endocrine tumors, periampullary tumors, other tumors, and transplantation.
Results: Seven patients were identified over 6 years, representing five different clinical entities: metachronous presence of lung cancer and pancreatic cancer (n = 3), lung cancer metastatic to the pancreas (n = 1), lung cancer with a benign pancreatic neoplasm (n = 1), periampullary cancer metastatic to the lung (n = 1), and malignant melanoma metastatic to both lung and pancreas (n = 1).
[1] Although initially thought to arise exclusively in the periampullary region),[1,2] it has recently been described in various sites, including the jejunum, appendix,[3] and stomach.
 
 
 
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