Difference between revisions of "Pancreas"

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 *Usually has total pancreatectomy.
-==Cystic tumors of pancreas==
+==Cystic lesions of the pancreas==
-*Uncommon.
+===General====
-**10% of cystic lesion (90% pseudocyst).
+*True cystic lesions are uncommon.
-*Diagnostic difficulties (hard to differentiate pseudocyst & cyst).
+**A true cystic lesion: ''must'' have an epithelial lining.
+***Only 10% of cystic lesions are true cystic lesions, i.e. 90% of cystic lesions are really pseudocysts.
+*It is hard to differentiate pseudocysts & cysts.
-Note:
+===Overview Cystic tumours===
-*Pseudocysts: not real cysts... as no lining epithelium.
+General:
+*Usually diagnosed by imaging (CT/MRI, ERCP, Endoscopic ultrasound).
-==Cystic tumours==
+**50% incidental finding.
-General
+*Vague symptoms
-*50% incidental finding.
+*Abdominal mass.
-*Vague Sx.
+*Weight loss.
-*Abdo mass.
-*Wt loss.
 *Jaundice.
-Note:
-*Usually diagnosed by imaging (CT/MRI, ERCP, Endoscopic ultrasound).
 ==Serous cystic tumours==

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