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A 62-year-old man presented with obstructed jaundice due to metastatic lymphadenopathy arising from advanced gastric cancer.
A. Because it was located over 3 cm from the ampulla of Vater at the level of the bending portion of the extrahepatic duct, the stricture was categorized as type B.
B. By means of the suprapapillary placement method, the stricture was successfully palliated.
