Secondary Tumors of the Ampulla of Vater: A Tale of Two Cases

Jafer Ali; Asad Khan; Mohamed H. Ahmed; Ravi Madhotra

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1732810

Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2021; 13(04): 384-387
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732810

Letters to the Editor

Secondary Tumors of the Ampulla of Vater: A Tale of Two Cases

Authors

Jafer Ali

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Asad Khan

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Mohamed H. Ahmed

²Department of Medicine and HIV Metabolic Clinic, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Ravi Madhotra

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Abstract

We report two cases of women with metastatic cancers to ampulla of Vater. The first was 91 years old and presented with severe anemia, due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding. She had history of renal cell cancer treated with nephrectomy 8 years ago and diagnosis confirmed to be metastasis of renal cell cancer to ampulla of Vater. The second patient was 54 years old with breast cancer, metastasis and developed obstructive jaundice; diagnosis confirmed to be breast metastasis in the ampulla of Vater. Secondary tumors of the ampulla of Vater due to breast cancer and renal cell cancer are rare findings and prognosis can be poor.

Keywords

ampulla of Vater - breast cancer - renal cell cancer

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