Chirurgia (Bucur)
September 2011
We present the case of a male patient admitted for high flow biliary fistula (> 2000 ml/24h) as a consequence of a prior right nephrectomy by lumbar approach. The patient was operated after the failure of the medical conservative treatment and continous declining medical status. We noted the complete absence of the gastric antrum, duodenum I and II with the intraperitomeal direct display and opening of the Vater papilla, witch was difficult to identify unless common bile duct (CBD) was catheterized by supraduodenal choledocotomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarcinoid tumors of the duodenum are extremely rare. We present two cases (observation) of duodenal carcinoid tumors. The main clinical manifestation in both cases was upper GI tract hemorrhage associated to severe anemia.
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