A Case of an Ectopic Ampulla of Vater in the Pyloric Channel

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Sunil Dacha, Emory University; Xiao Jing Wang, Emory University; Emad Qayed, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-04-04
• Publisher: American College of Gastroenterology
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © Dacha et al.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.37
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: ACG Case Reports Journal
• ISSN: 2326-3253
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 3
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

A 51-year-old male presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. He was subsequently diagnosed with cholestatic jaundice and cholangitis. A side-viewing duodenoscope failed to identify the ampulla of Vater in the second portion of duodenum. A regular gastroscope was used, and an ectopic ampulla of Vater was identified in the pyloric channel.