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Endoscopy 1993; 25(4): 301-302
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010321
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Dissemination of Pancreatic Carcinoma Following Endoscopic Sphincterotomy

J. G. N. Studley, A. R. Sami, R. C. N. Williamson
  • Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) is sometimes advocated for the temporary decompression of an obstructed bile duct by a periampullary tumor. We report a 27-year-old woman with a small carcinoma of the pancreatic head who developed acute pancreatitis and a pseudocyst following ES. At operation, malignant spread was virtually confined to the walls of the resolving pseudocyst cavity. Despite radical resection, she died from recurrent carcinoma 7 months postoperatively.

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