Items tagged “pancreas”

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Pancreas transplant

A pancreas transplant is a major surgical procedure in which a donor pancreas is transplanted into a recipient. The donor pancreas is typically cadaveric, but may rarely be a segment from a living donor 1. The transplant is meant to establish normoglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus, typ...
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Pancreatic intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm (ITPN)

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 15 Jan 2015
95% complete
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Pancreatic intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm

Pancreatic intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasms (ITPNs) are rare variants of intraductal papillary neoplasms. Unlike an IPMN, an ITPN does not produce mucin. Epidemiology The prevalence is unclear. Small series show no gender predilection and an average age of presentation of 58 years old 1. ...
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Johanson-Blizzard syndrome

Johanson-Blizzard syndrome is a disorder of ectodermal dysplasia with wide variability in its manifestations. It is thought to have an autosomal recessive inheritance. Clinical presentation There is wide variability in the clinical presentation, but common features are: low birth weight hypo...
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Walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Azza Elgendy
Published 15 Mar 2015
77% complete
CT
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Acute necrotic collection

Acute necrotic collections (ANCs) are an early, local complication of necrotizing pancreatitis. Terminology The following are the latest terms according to the updated Atlanta classification to describe fluid collections associated with acute pancreatitis 1,2: fluid collections in interstitia...
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Pancreatic atrophy

Pancreatic atrophy is non-specific and is common in elderly patients, although in younger patients it can be a hallmark of pathology. Most commonly it is associated with aging, obesity and end-stage chronic pancreatitis.  It occurs principally with fatty replacement of the pancreas (pancreatic ...
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Hemorrhagic pancreatitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Adam Tunis
Published 10 Apr 2015
65% complete
MRI
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Pancreas in hiatus hernia

  Diagnosis almost certain
Craig Hacking
Published 28 Aug 2015
74% complete
CT
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Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas - macrocystic/oligocystic

Domenico Nicoletti
Published 04 Jun 2015
67% complete
CT MRI
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Pancreatic mucinous cystadenoma

  Diagnosis probable
Craig Hacking
Published 10 Jun 2015
65% complete
CT
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Normal pancreas (ultrasound)

  Diagnosis not applicable
Matt A. Morgan
Published 15 Jun 2015
69% complete
Annotated image Ultrasound
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor - well differentiated

  Diagnosis almost certain
Sigmund Stuppner
Published 25 Nov 2015
80% complete
CT
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Pancreatic hydatid cyst

  Diagnosis probable
Pradosh Kumar Sarangi
Published 09 Dec 2015
74% complete
CT
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Paraduodenal pancreatitis

  Diagnosis certain
Sebastian Tschauner
Published 03 Jan 2016
95% complete
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VIPoma

VIPomas (vasoactive intestinal peptide tumors) are a very rare type of pancreatic endocrine tumors that secrete, and get their name from, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). The clinical syndrome resulting from these tumors is commonly known as WDHA syndrome, an acronym for the cardinal symptom...
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Pancreatic mesenchymal neoplasms

Pancreatic mesenchymal neoplasms, or pancreatic nonepithelial neoplasms, are a group of rare pancreatic neoplasms that arise from the structural elements of the pancreas (nerves, fat, lymph), rather than from the exocrine or endocrine cells of the pancreas. Neoplasms from exocrine and endocrine ...
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Pancreatic lipoma

Pancreatic lipomas are uncommon mesenchymal tumors of the pancreas. Clinical presentation Rarely symptomatic, they are most often detected incidentally on cross-sectional imaging for another purpose. If they do cause symptoms, it will typically be those related to regional mass effect from the...
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Pancreatic neurofibroma

Pancreatic neurofibromas are rare nonepithelial neoplasms of the pancreas. They are similar to neurofibromas found elsewhere in the body, and are associated with neurofibromatosis type I.  Clinical presentation If they do cause symptoms, it will typically be those related to regional mass effe...
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Pancreatic lymphangioma

Pancreatic lymphangiomas are benign lesions that are often found incidentally during cross-sectional imaging for another reason. For a broader discussion, please refer to the parental article on lymphangioma.  Clinical presentation More common in adults (in contrast to lymphangiomas in the he...

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