"Ampulla of Vater" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the COMMON BILE DUCT and the MAIN PANCREATIC DUCT, also known as the hepatopancreatic ampulla.
| Descriptor ID |
D014670
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.159.183.079.300.950 A03.556.124.684.124.236 A03.556.875.249.160 A03.734.667.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Ampulla of Vater- Ampulla of Vater
- Vater Ampulla
- Hepatopancreatic Ampulla
- Ampulla, Hepatopancreatic
- Ampullas, Hepatopancreatic
- Hepatopancreatic Ampullas
- Vater's Ampulla
- Ampulla, Vater's
- Vaters Ampulla
Duodenal Papilla, Major- Duodenal Papilla, Major
- Major Duodenal Papilla
- Greater Duodenal Papilla
- Duodenal Papilla, Greater
- Duodenal Papillas, Greater
- Greater Duodenal Papillas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ampulla of Vater" by people in Profiles.
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Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for the Ampullary Cancer. A Case Report. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2019 09; 50(3):543-547.
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Pathologic Subtypes of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma: Value of Ampullary MDCT for Noninvasive Preoperative Differentiation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Mar; 208(3):W71-W78.
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Is local resection adequate for T1 stage ampullary cancer? HPB (Oxford). 2015 Jan; 17(1):66-71.
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Percutaneous transhepatic placement of a stent-graft to treat a delayed mesoportal hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy. World J Surg Oncol. 2014 Oct 15; 12:315.
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Defining the role of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy on resected adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of vater. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Nov; 18(11):2003-8.
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Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Nov; 80(5):786-93.e1-2.
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Imaging features of benign and malignant ampullary and periampullary lesions. Radiographics. 2014 May-Jun; 34(3):624-41.
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Cytological features of mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla: two case reports with review of literature. Diagn Cytopathol. 2014 Dec; 42(12):1075-84.
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Pathologic grade and tumor size are associated with recurrence-free survival in patients with duodenal neuroendocrine tumors. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Mar; 18(3):457-62; discussion 462-3.
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Interobserver agreement for confocal imaging of ampullary lesions: a multicenter single-blinded study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2013 May-Jun; 47(5):440-2.