Pancreas Flashcards
True or false: a hypoechoic pancreas is normal in peds
TRUE
true or false: a hypoechoic panrease is normal in adults
FALSE - should be same or hyper to liver
Name for panc duct
duct of wirsung
SF of a cystic fibrosis panc
small and hyperechoic
m/c causes of acute pancreatitis
alcoholism, biliary tract disease
which biochem marker significantly increases with acute pancreatitis?
serum Amylase
relief from acute pancreatitis pain is
bending at wait or sitting up
this gallbladder sign is an indicator of a lesion in the pancreatic head
courvoisier gallbladder
a cyst measuring >2cm in the panc tail is indicitive
cystadenocarcinomas - malignant
benign panc cysts may include
calcifications
a collection with well defined borders, describes
pseudocyst
a collection with illdefined borders, describes
phlegmon
small, well defined, hypoechoic mass describes in the tail with calcs and hyper vascular
islet cell tumor (malignant)
hydropic GB, dilated biliary tree, irregular borders describes
panc carcinoma
SF of adenocarcinoma (m/c panc malig)
hypoechoic, head most common, courvoisier GB - if in head has earlier presentation (due to obstruction), later presentation if in body or tail
