Structural and Mineralogical Characterization of a Fossil Hydrothermal System Located at the Outermost Front of the Southern Apennines Fold-and-Thrust Belt by Paolo Fulignati, Fabrizio Agosta, Claudia Belviso, Giacomo Prosser, Antonio Lettino, Angela Vita Petrullo, Francesco Cavalcante

“…This study highlights that a high-temperature hydrothermal system developed in the past within the transtensional fault zone of the Rapolla area when a high thermal anomaly was present. …”
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A Novel Dry Model for Practicable Sphincterotomy and Precut Needle Knife Sphincterotomy by Akio Katanuma, Takao Itoi, Junko Umeda, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Shuntaro Mukai, Kei Yane, Toshifumi Kin, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Tomoaki Matsumori, Katsushige Gon, Ryo Takaki, Akiko Tomonari

“…An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography trainer was used as a duodenum, bile duct, and papilla simulator. A simulated papilla was created with a piece of rolled uncured ham, and ES and NKP were performed. …”
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Papilledema. An updated approach. by Yaney González Yglesias, Pilar Chang Chao., Inés Zamora Galindo, Eduardo Hernández Peña

“…The term papilledema refers to the edema that appears in the optic papilla after intracranial hypertension. Some of its most frequent causes are intracranial lesions, hydrocephaly, thrombosis venous sinus and meningitis. …”
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Proximal Migration of Pancreatic Duct Stent in Pancreas Divisum: Challenges in Retrieval and Review of the Literature by Subash Ghimire, Shri Jaikishan Ravi, Mohammad Yousef, Hafiz Khan

“…Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) with selective cannulation of the minor papilla with sphincterotomy and stent placement are performed in these patients. …”
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Endoscopic Fistulotomy – ‘The Suprapapillary Punch’: A Method of Access to the Bile Duct during ERCP by Noel B Hershfield

“…On rare occasions, the papilla cannot be entered because of anatomical or pathological abnormalities. …”
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Hemobilia following Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in the Setting of Malignancy (with Video): Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by B. Pabla, M. Porayko

“…During initial upper endoscopy, it was noted that he had blood emanating from the duodenal papilla consistent with hemobilia and he was ultimately diagnosed with post-liver biopsy hemorrhage. …”
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Caractérisation physico-chimique de pigments de peintures murales mochica : San José de Moro (viiie-xe siècles apr. J.-C.) by Nicola Sardos, Nino Del-Solar-Velarde, Rémy Chapoulie, Luis Jaime Castillo Butters

“…They are from the ceremonial center of cultural and technological exchanges of San José de Moro (Mochica site of the Jequetepeque Valley), dated from the 8th to the 10th century (AD), where remains of mural paintings were uncovered in the alcoves of an elite entombment and on the interior walls of a huaca (Huaca La Capilla), a pyramidal building associated to worshipping. …”
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Pyogenic granuloma causing midline diastema: A rare case report by Anjan Jana, Santanu Mukhopadhyay, Abu Faijal Karim

“…Clinical examination revealed a reddish pink, lobulated tissue mass measuring approximately 1.5 cm × 2 cm, extending from the upper labial frenum to the incisive papilla and involving the interdental gingiva of the two central incisors. …”
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The Rare Malignancy of the Hepatobiliary System: Ampullary Carcinoid Tumor by Mustafa Ozsoy, Yucel Ozsoy, Aras Emre Canda, Olcay Ak Nalbant, Fatih Haskaraca

“…A mass appearance was not encountered on tomographic examination. Papilla that was tumor-like macroscopically was seen in the second part of the duodenum in diagnostic endoscopy. …”
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Association of Chronic Pancreatitis and Malignant Main Duct IPMN: A Rare but Difficult Clinical Problem by Zoltán Berger, Hernán De La Fuente, Manuel Meneses, Fernanda Matamala, Makarena Sepúlveda, Claudia Rojas

“…ERCP was performed, with pancreatic sphincterotomy and extraction of pancreatic stones, but, at the same time, mucin extrusion was seen from the dilated duct through the papilla. Pancreatoduodenectomy was performed. Surgery and histology confirmed malignant IPMN with the typical image of chronic pancreatitis and intraductal stones in the vicinity. …”
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Factors Affecting Bangladeshi High School Students' Practices of Sanitation and Hygiene by Majedul Hoque

“…This study was carried out at the Katiadi Government High School, a high school in a Bangladeshi upazilla town. An exploratory qualitative study design, based on the Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (IBM-WASH) was used. …”
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Morphological Changes of Gingiva in Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats by C. Tesseromatis, A. Kotsiou, H. Parara, E. Vairaktaris, M. Tsamouri

“…The histological investigation of the marginal gingival and the relevant gingival papilla showed inflammation of the lamina propria and the squamous epithelium as well as marked thickness of the arteriole in the diabetic group, but no changes were observed in the control group. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Haemobilia by Ines Casazza, Mara Angela Guglietta, Giuseppe Argento

“…A therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure led to decompression of biliary system through a major papilla sphincterotomy with spillage of bile mixed with blood clots.…”
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Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction by João Guilherme G. Cabral, Eloy Taglieri, Adriane Pelosof, Daniel Rosendo, José Celso Ardengh

“…Diagnoses were 44 pancreatic adenocarcinoma (74.6%), 9 metastasis (15.5%), 3 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (5.1%), and 2 adenocarcinoma in the major papilla (3.4%). The number of patients included in the SPS, MPS, and SEMS was 17, 6, and 35, respectively. …”
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The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis by Beat Gloor, Waldemar Uhl, Christophe A Müller, Markus W Büchler

“…Mild pancreatitis does not need specialized treatment, and surgery is necessary only to treat underlying mechanical factors such as gallstones or tumours at the papilla of Vater. On the other hand, patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis need to be identified as early as possible after the onset of symptoms to start intensive care treatment. …”
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FEATURES OF DECOMPRESSION OF THE BILIARY TRACT IN PATIENTS WITH OBTURATION OF THE DISTAL PART OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT OF TUMOR ORIGIN by M.P. Shevchuk, M.O. Dudchenko, M.I. Kravtsiv, D.M. Ivashchenko, R.A. Prykhidko, S.M. Zaiets

“…Cancer of the head of the pancreas was found in 69 patients, cancer of the major duodenal papilla was detected in 10 patients, cancer of the extrahepatic bile ducts – in 9 patients, and cancer of the duodenum – in 1 case. …”
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Metastatic Periampullary Tumor from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting as Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Amir Kashani, Nicholas N. Nissen, Maha Guindi, Laith H. Jamil

“…Periampullary tumors constitute a number of diverse neoplastic lesions located within 2 cm of the major duodenal papilla; among these, metastatic lesions account for only a small proportion of the periampullary tumors. …”
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A Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Ameloblastic Fibrodentinoma by Ronell Bologna-Molina, Sirced Salazar-Rodríguez, Ana María Bedoya-Borella, Ramón Gil Carreón-Burciaga, Gabriel Tapia-Repetto, Nelly Molina-Frechero

“…AFD is composed of long narrow cords and islands of odontogenic epithelium; the epithelial strands lie in a myxoid cell-rich ectomesenchymal tissue with stellate-shaped fibroblasts that exhibit long slender cytoplasmic extensions that resemble dental papilla. The lesions show the presence of dysplastic dentin. …”
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Unilateral Fusion of Maxillary Lateral Incisor: Diagnosis Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography by Iury Oliveira Castro, Carlos Estrela, Vinícius Rezende Souza, Lawrence Gonzaga Lopes, João Batista de Souza

“…The clinical examination showed dental juxtaposition with the absence of interdental papilla and esthetic impairment in the right maxillary lateral incisor region. …”
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Antegrade Therapy for Management of Choledocholithiasis through Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy in a Patient with Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy by Robert Dorrell, Katelyn Madigan, Swati Pawa, Rishi Pawa

“…He underwent two endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures at an outside hospital which were unsuccessful due to an inaccessible major papilla in the setting of the patient’s surgically altered anatomy. …”
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