PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the ampulla of Vater? The ampulla of Vater is a part of your body involved in the digestive system. It’s an area where your common bile duct meets your pancreatic duct . Your common bile duct is a tube that carries bile from your liver and gallbladder to your duodenum, the first part of your small intestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The hepatopancreatic ampulla, also called the hepatopancreatic duct or ampulla of Vater, is a spherical structure located at the site of the confluence of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct, marking the entry point of bile into the second portion of the duodenum.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ampulla, or ampulla of vater, is where the pancreatic duct and bile duct join together to drain into the duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestine. A polyp of the ampulla starts out benign but can turn into cancer of the ampulla as it grows.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ampulla of Vater is located where your bile duct and pancreatic duct join and empty into your small intestine.

Detailed explanation-5: -The common bile duct passes through the pancreas before it empties into the first part of the small intestine (duodenum). The lower part of the common bile duct joins the pancreatic duct to form a channel called the ampulla of Vater or it may enter the duodenum directly.