Flashcards in Pancreas Deck (7)
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most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas
pancreatic divisum
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failure of fusion of fetal pancreatic duct system
pancreatic divisum
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most frequently mutated oncogene in pancreatic CA
KRAS (Ch 12)
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most common location of pancreatic CA
pancreatic head
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tumor marker for pancreatic CA
CA 19-9
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[diagnosis: pancreatitides]
epigastric pain that is boring, radiating to the back
microvascular leak, enzymatic fat necrosis, acute inflammation, destruction of pancreatic parenchyma, destruction of blood vessels
elevated amylase and lipase
acute pancreatitis
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