Diagnosis of ampullary cancer [0.03%]
壶腹癌的诊断
Kei Ito,Naotaka Fujita,Yutaka Noda et al.
Kei Ito et al.
Endoscopic papillectomy has been reported to be the treatment of choice in patients with ampullary adenoma. For ampullary cancer, pancreaticoduodenectomy is the standard treatment. Since neither lymphatic permeation, vascular invasion, nor ...
Myung-Hwan Kim,Sung-Hoon Moon,Terumi Kamisawa
Myung-Hwan Kim
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a distinctive form of chronic pancreatitis that can mimic pancreatobiliary malignancies. If AIP is properly diagnosed, it can be treated without laparotomy or pancreatic resection due to its dramatic respons...
Naoto Egawa,Hajime Anjiki,Kensuke Takuma et al.
Naoto Egawa et al.
Juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula (JPD) are observed in around 10-20% of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). They are acquired extraluminal outpouchings of the duodenal wall through 'locus minoris re...
Terumi Kamisawa,Goro Honda,Masanao Kurata et al.
Terumi Kamisawa et al.
Aim: To clarify the features of biliary carcinomas and pancreatic disorders associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM). Method: ...
Masao Tanaka
Masao Tanaka
In this review, the function of the sphincter of Oddi (SO) is detailed in terms of normal motility, neural and hormonal control of SO function, coordination between gallbladder and SO motility, and correlation of motility of the SO and the ...
Shin-ichiro Horiguchi,Terumi Kamisawa
Shin-ichiro Horiguchi
The major duodenal papilla (papilla of Vater) is the point where the dilated junction of the bile and pancreatic ducts (ampulla of Vater) enter the duodenum. The ampulla is surrounded by the sphincter of Oddi, which not only controls the fl...
Embryology of the biliary tract [0.03%]
胆道胚胎学
Hisami Ando
Hisami Ando
A hepatic diverticulum appears in the ventral wall of the primitive midgut early in the 4th week of intrauterine life in the development of the human embryo. This small diverticulum is the anlage for the development of the liver, extrahepat...
Yusuke Tando,Miyuki Yanagimachi,Yuki Matsuhashi et al.
Yusuke Tando et al.
In the middle of the 18th century, Kouan Kuriyama, a Japanese physician of the Choshu Domain, depicted the anatomy of the human pancreas in a report to his master, Toyo Yamawaki. This report is the first anatomical description of the pancre...
T Kamisawa,S Nakazawa,Y Atomi
T Kamisawa
Giorgio Ercolani,Gian Luca Grazi,Antonio Daniele Pinna
Giorgio Ercolani
Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has been performed for several benign hepatic tumors. Most of these diseases are usually managed conservatively, or treated by liver resection. OLT might be required when the lesions are symptomatic, d...