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Volume 328:245 January 28, 1993 Number 4
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Impacted Stone in the Ampulla of Vater

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Figure 1. Impacted Stone in the Ampulla of Vater.

An impacted common-duct stone is visible in the ampulla of Vater in a patient with suppurative cholangitis. White or tan pus can be seen draining around the margin of the calculus.

 


P. Gregory Foutch, D.O., M.S.
Desert Samaritan Medical Center
Mesa, AZ 85202


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