Annals of Oncology 10:1227-1231, 1999
© 1999 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Tumors of the papilla of Vater – inadequate diagnostic impact of endoscopic forceps biopsies taken prior to and following sphincterotomy
1Departments of Medicine B, University of Münster Münster, Germany
2Departments of Pathology, University of Münster Münster, Germany
3Departments of General Surgery, University of Münster Münster, Germany
Correspondence to: J. Menzel MD Department of Medicine B, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany E-mail: jmenzel{at}uni-muenster.de
Background: It has been proposed that adenomas of the papilla of Vater are precursors of adenocarcinomas. Duodenoscopy with ERCP and forceps biopsies have substantially improved the morphologic exploration of the major duodenal papilla. Yet there is little and contradictory information as to the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic biopsies in tumors of the papilla. Moreover, after endoscopic sphincterotomy data on the diagnostic impact of endoscopic biopsies from the papilla are scarce and, in most cases, retrospectively obtained. Thus, the aim of the present prospective and histopathologically controlled study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic biopsies taken from tumors of the papilla before and after sphincterotomy.
Patients and methods: Forty patients with tumors of the papilla of Vater were included in the study. In each case, a comparison was made between endoscopic forceps biopsy diagnoses prior to and following sphincterotomy and the definitive histological diagnosis after surgical tumor resection.
Results: Resected tumors were diagnosed histomorphologically as follows: 19 adenocarcinomas (47%), 6 tubular adenomas (15%), 7 villous adenomas (17%), 7 inflammatory non-neoplastic lesions (pseudotumors) (17%), and one adenomyoma (2%). Overall accuracy for preoperative histopathological diagnosis was 62% (25 of 40, 95% CI: 47%–76%) prior to sphincterotomy while it was 70% (28 of 40, 95% CI: 55%–81%) following the procedure. Regarding adenocarcinomas, sensitivity was found to be 21% (4 of 19, 95% CI: 8%–43%) prior to and 37% (7 of 19, 95% CI: 19%-58%) after sphincterotomy while specificity was 100% at both times.
Conclusions: Endoscopic forceps biopsies do not allow for reliable preoperative diagnosis of tumors of the papilla of Vater.
endoscopic biopsy, endoscopic sphincterotomy, tumors of the papilla of Vater
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