Pancreas

Question 1

What happens to serum amylase in pancreatitis?

Answer 1

rises

Question 2

What does “GETSMASHED” refer to in the causes of acute pancreatitis?

Answer 2

Gallstones, Ethanol, Tumours, Scorpion bite, Mumps, Autoimmune, Surgery, Hyperlipidaemia, Emboil, Drugs

Question 3

What are the complications of acute pancreatitis?

Answer 3

death, shock, pseudocyst formation, abscess formation, hypocalcaemia, hyperglycaemia

Question 4

What additional causes are there when dealing with chronic pancreatitis?

Answer 4

Cystic fibrosis, hyperparathyroidism

Question 5

What happens in chronic pancreatitis?

Answer 5

Replacement of pancreas by chronic inflammation and scar tissue,
destruction of exocrine acini and islets

Question 6

What is the prognosis like for adenocarcinoma within the pancreas?

Answer 6

poor

Question 7

What do lipases cause in pancreatitis?

Answer 7

intra and peripancreatic fat necrosis

Question 8

What do proteases cause in pancreatitis?

Answer 8

tissue destruction and haemorrhage

Question 9

What can bind large amounts of calcium in pancreatitis?

Answer 9

fat necrosis

Question 10

What does adenocarcinoma of the pancreas show?

Answer 10

irregular abortive glands in a dense stroma