A 57-year-old woman with von Recklinghausen's disease presented with epigastralgia. Gastroduodenoscopy revealed swelling of the ampulla of Vater in the ventral and caudal direction, forming a hard, elastic mass. She was diagnosed with a tumor of the ampulla of Vater, and a subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy and D2 lymph node dissection were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The appropriate additional surgery after non-curative resection of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (ESD) for early gastric cancer is herein discussed.
Patients And Methods: Data on 54 patients after non-curative resection of ESD were evaluated. These patients were broadly classified according to the risk of lymph node metastasis with lesions into group A (without risk) (n=26) and group B (with risk) (n=28).