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Dilated pancreatic duct(7mm)
Hello doctor,
My mother is 62 yr old diabetic for 12 yrs and had digestion issues for a long years.. earlier gerd was suspected and she was on ppi.. since two yrs she started having muscle loss but not much of weight.. Then we took a CT scan with contrast which had the following impressions:
completely atrophic pancreas with fatty replacement of the pancreatic parenchyma.Dilated pancreatic duct(7mm) with large chunky calculi withing the duct in the neck/ head/uncinate region.
Kindly advice the treatment plan??
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Dr. Narendra Gogireddy
GastroIntestinal Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Depending on site of calculi
If it is purely ductal endoscopic stenting is helpful
However if also present in gland requires surgery
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