BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Surgical resection, such as pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), is used for treatment of benign periampullary tumors, but high morbidity and mortality resulting from PD can be a huddle. The aim of this study is to suggest a safe and less invasive procedure for treatment of benign periampullary tumors. METHODS From January 2001 to September 2016, 31 patients with ampulla of Vater (A...

Ascarias lumbricoides infestation is endemic in tropical countries. Most infections are asymptomatic, but it can produce a wide spectrum of manifestations including hepatobiliary and pancreatic complications. There are reports of association of biliary ascariasis with bilary malignancies in the past, but same is not known for pancreatic ascariasis. We report a case of association of periampulla...

Incidence of periampullary carcinoma is low, approximately 0.5-2% of all gastrointestinal malignancies and 20% of all tumours of the extrahepatic biliary tree [1, 2, 3]. Peri-ampullary carcinoma arises around the confluence of the common bile duct with the main pancreatic duct and therefore may have a different anatomical origin: at the level of the pancreatic head (60% of the resected specimen...