Table 4 Pathological findings.

From: Advantage of endoscopic papillectomy for ampullary tumors as an alternative treatment for pancreatoduodenectomy

 

ALL

n = 74

EP

n = 43

PD

n = 31

p-value

Type of tumors, n (%)

Adenoma

34 (45.9)

32 (74.4)

2 (6.5)

< 0.001

Adenocarcinoma

40 (54.1)

11 (25.6)

29 (93.5)

< 0.001

Tis

16 (40.0)

8 (72.7)

8 (27.6)

0.569

T1a

24 (60.0)

3 (27.3)

21 (72.4)

< 0.001

Lymphovasucular invasion

2 (5.0)

0

2 (6.9)

0.172

Lymph node metastasis

0

0

 

Histologic type of adenocarcinoma

Papillary adenocarcinoma

5 (12.5)

1 (9.1)

4 (13.8)

1.000

Well differentiated adenocarcinoma

33 (44.6)

10 (23.3)

23 (74.2)

0.649

Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma

1 (2.5)

0

1 (3.4)

1.000

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

1 (2.5)

0

1 (3.4)

1.000

Median tumor size, mm (range)

20 (10–65)

20 (12–39)

20 (10–65)

0.779

  1. EP endoscopic papillectomy, PD pancreatoduodenectomy.