Pancreas

Question 1

This condition is the most common congenital anomaly and is the failure of fusion of fetal pancreatic ducts.

Answer 1

Pancreatic divisum

Question 2

What is the marker of pancreatic carcinoma ?

Answer 2

CA 19-9

Question 3

Characteristic features of a type 1 diabetic patient?

Answer 3

1. Type 1 diabetes are usually insulin dependent
2. An autoimmune beta cell distinctive process can develop 4-10% can occur after age 30

Question 4

Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes?

Answer 4

Beta cell death at the pancreatic islet

Question 5

This immune system component mediates the islet destruction.

Answer 5

T lymphocytes