A rare combination of an endocrine tumour of the common bile duct and a follicular lymphoma of the ampulla of Vater: a case report and review of the literature

作者：Athanasopoulos Panagiotis G^*; Arkadopoulos Nikolaos; Stafyla Vania; Tympa Aliki; Kairi Evi; Ryzman Louloudis Charlotte; Smymiotis Vassilios

来源：World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, 9: 4.

DOI：10.1186/1477-7819-9-4

Carcinoid tumours of the common bile duct represent an extremely rare entity. Similarly, primary follicular lymphomas of the ampulla of Vater constitute an infrequent neoplasia. Herein, we report the first case of a synchronous development of a carcinoid tumour of the common bile duct and an ampullary follicular lymphoma that was treated surgically with a Whipple's procedure, due to inability to establish definitive preoperative diagnosis despite the extensive diagnostic investigation.

• 出版日期2011-1-14