There are a plethora of terminologies that describe precursor lesions of the pancreatobiliary tract, ampulla of Vater, and gallbladder. The current terminologies for precursor lesions may make it difficult to understand the tumor biology. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The 56-year-old male patient concerned visited our emergency room with melena that started one week prior to hospitalization. The patient was diagnosed to have a tumor in the ampulla of Vater with bleeding on its surface. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The silver colored stool is a combination of the white stool of obstructive jaundice combined with black stool of melena or bleeding. It was first described in the British Medical Journal by Dr. H. [en.wikipedia.org]

Burke and Helwig in a review of 51 cases of GPs reported that the most common symptoms were: abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, melena, anemia, pyloric obstruction and obstruction of the bile duct [ 1 ]. [hoajonline.com]

Six patients presented digestive signs: melena in three cases [5,8,9], jaundice in two cases [6,10], abdominal pain in one case and nausea in one case [8]. Three patients complained of weakness and fatigue and two of weight loss. [latunisiemedicale.com]

Hepatomegaly can occur. Rarely, patients present with features of acute pancreatitis or migratory thrombophlebitis. Palpable fixed epigastric masses or supraclavicular nodes are signs of advanced disease and inoperability. [oncology-articles.blogspot.com]

[…] either cause a continuous obstruction or an intermittent obstruction by a ball-valve mechanism thereby causing upper quadrant pain, jaundice and recurrent attacks of pancreatitis. 4 Icterus, evidence of scratch marks all over the body due to pruritus, hepatomegaly [bioline.org.br]

Not to be confused with the Duodenal cap also known as the duodenal ampulla, the first part of the duodenum. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Historically, well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms have been referred to as carcinoid tumors, a term which may cause confusion because clinically a carcinoid tumor is a serotonin producing tumor associated with functional manifestations of carcinoid [pancreas.imedpub.com]

Risk factors include having inflammation of the bile duct, ulcerative colitis, and some liver diseases. [icdlist.com]

Hepatocellular carcinoma arising from ectopic liver tissue should not be included in this category. [codes.iarc.fr]

carcinoma Hepatoma C22.1 Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma C22.2 Hepatoblastoma C22.3 Angiosarcoma of liver Kupffer cell sarcoma C22.4 Other sarcomas of liver C22.7 Other specified carcinomas of liver C22.9 Liver, unspecified C23 Malignant [apps.who.int]