A CASE OF CARCINOID TUMOR AT VATER PAPILLA

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman received uppergastrointestinal endoscopy and a tumor was found incidentally at the papila of Vater. Biopsy specimen from the tumor revealed carcinoid and pyrolus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was then performed in our hospital. The tumor was 7mm in diameter and located in the submucosal layer. The carcinoid tumor of the papilla of Vater is rare and small cases of less than 10 mm in diameter are much rare and only 5 cases have been reported. Pancreaticoduodenectomy with lymph node dissection should be performed because malignant potential is high even if a tumor is small.