What Are The Symptoms Of Ampullary Cancer?

Back Or Abdominal Pain

Over half of all ampullary cancer patients will present with intense back or abdominal pain as a result of their growing tumor. This pain is a occurs due to the backup of digestive substances, compression of gastrointestinal system tissues, and sometimes the restriction of blood flow to areas around the ampullary tumor. Because cancer is characterized by rapidly growing masses of cells located in places where they do not belong, ampullary tumors may stop the flow of bile and digestive proteins into the intestine. Bile can build up in the liver causing inflammation and sometimes permanent damage to its tissues. Digestive enzymes also tend to back up into the pancreas, which causes pancreatitis to occur. Both instances of inflammation are known to result in what can only be described as excruciating pain. The pain resulting from the effects of ampullary cancer is usually located in the middle of the abdomen when it involves the liver, the right side of the abdomen when it involves the gallbladder, and the middle of the back when it involves the pancreas. Lower abdominal pain may occur as well if the tumor grows down into the small intestine, and it compresses the surrounding tissues and blood vessels.

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