Endoscopic papillectomy of benign ampular lesion: Report of a case and review of the literature

• Autores: Torreblanca-Nava, Juan Alberto, Ferrándiz-Quiroz, Jorge Manuel, Calderón-Yerén, Emma Margot, Vargas-Blácido, Daniel Andrei, Garrido-Acedo, Renato, Malpartida-Canchiz, Walter Ruben, Landeo-Aliaga, Italo, Rojas-Chihuan, Flor De María, Arenas-Gamio, José Luis, Sayajo-Mendoza, Fiorella Siduith
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/569
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/569
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: adenoma de papila; papilectomía endoscópica; ampulectomía; papillary adenoma; endoscopic papilectomy; ampullectomy

Introduction: The lesions of the ampulla of Vater represents around 0,5 % of gastrointestinal neoplasms. Case report: Symptoms are not specific, so its diagnostic is incidental. The biopsy of the ampulla of Vater has a false - negative of 60 % for adenocarcinoma, for that reason all adenomas ones the diagnosticated must be resected, because of the high risk of malignancy; having a survival of 67 % at five years. Conclusion: We report the case of a patient with an adenoma in the ampulla of Vater who underwent endoscopic papilectomy.