Background And Aim: It can be difficult to identify the cause of an enlarged ampulla of Vater (AOV). This study evaluated the accuracy of wire-guided intraduodenal ultrasonography (US) for the differential diagnosis of an enlarged AOV during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Patients And Methods: Thirty-four patients with enlarged AOVs of unknown cause identified on imaging studies or endoscopic observations underwent wire-guided intraduodenal US using a catheter probe.
Results: The final diagnoses were malignant or premalignant tumors in 10 patients (29.4%), stones in nine patients (26.5%), inflammation in 14 patients (41.2%), and cyst in one patient (2.9%). The overall diagnostic accuracy of intraduodenal US for enlarged AOVs was 91.2%. The diagnostic accuracies of stones, inflammation, and AOV tumors were 100.0%, 94.1%, and 91.1%, respectively.
Conclusions: Wire-guided intraduodenal US using a catheter probe is readily applicable during ERCP and may be useful in the differential diagnosis of enlarged ampullary lesions.
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